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  Tenacious D....what do you think?

  by VioletAnai in

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  when i listened to the album at my bro's i pissed myself...... .

  here you'll find some of their songs to have a listen to.

  http://search.rollingstone.com/bin/search?section=song_rs&query=tenacious%20g&exact=&matchany=.

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  Xander

  Tenacious D? Oh, yeahh.....

  This IS NOT the greatest thread in the world...

  This is just a tribute...
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  Homework: what do nations think about america?

  by raven101 in

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  i would appreciate any input from residents of other nations for this homework assignment, as well as americans.. what do members of other nations really think about america, compared with what we percieve them as thinking?.

  please help, assignment due tomorrow!.

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  Xander

  Of course, one final plug:

  OBeautifulForSpaciousSkies,ForAmberWavesOfGrain,ForPurpleMountainMajestiesAboveT heFruitedPlain.America!America!GodShedHisGraceOnThee,AndCrownThyGoodWithBrotherhood FromSeaToShiningSea.OBea utifulForPilgrimFeet,WhoseSternImpassion'dStressAThoroughfareForFreedomBeatAcrossTheWilde rness.America!America!God MendThineEv'ryFlaw,ConfirmThySoulInSelf-control,ThyLibertyInLaw.OBeautifulForHeroesProv'dInL iberatingStrife,WhoMoreThanSelfTheirCountryLoved,AndMercyMoreThanLife.America!America!MayGodThyGoldRefineTillAllSuccessBeNobleness,AndEv'ryGrainDivine.OBeautifulForPatriotDreamThatSeesBeyondTheYears.ThineAlabasterCitiesGleam,UndimmedByHumanTears.America!America!GodShedHisGraceOnThee,AndCrownThyGoodWithBrotherhood,FromSeaToShiningSea.

  Edited by - Xander on 26 June 2002 1:48:8
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  How many here still pretend?

  by TweetieBird in

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  i know this subject has been covered numerous times before, but the board constantly gets new people.. how many here still attend meetings, go in service, etc.

  even though you don't believe it's the truth?

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  Xander

  she feels better after the meeting starts though and she is at home

  WOW! Ain't that the truth.

  Everyone who 'faded out'...

  You remember when you first started losing interest? You tried working just a little late at work? Got just a little sick before meetings?

  Your S.O. (or your own consciences, maybe) would get all funny RIGHT UP until the exact minute on the clock when you knew you could not make the meeting anymore that night if you tried. And, DAMN, but you KNEW what that minute was TO THE FRIGGIN SECOND!

  Suddenly, the WAVE of relief - "*whew* I don't have to go *cough* can't make it tonight..."

  What fun....
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  How Many Pagans?

  by Moridin in

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  i was curious to see how many pagans were on the board and what form you practiced.

  i myself am newer to the pagan scene and am studying witchcraft...something i secretly did when i was a teenage jw.

  any way looking forward to hearing your comments.

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  Xander

  arachnia:

  Well, from http://www.xrefer.com/entry/442472 we get:

  Latin also had the descendant of pag- in pagus (staked-out boundary); a dweller within such a boundary was a paganus , a villager or rustic. The figurative sense gives us pagan directly from the Latin; the literal sense remains in peasant , from the same word by way of French.

  I still like the 'country dweller' interpretation myself. While I like the 'big city' to visit (that's where all the arts are, after all), I certainly would NOT want to live there long-term. At least, not without being right on a river or very, very near some nice dense, forest.

  MrMoe:

  Well, I just noticed on another thread you got a digital camera, yet my inbox still emtpy. My ego says I should stop talking to you now and go sit in a corner and pout.
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  How Many Pagans?

  by Moridin in

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  i was curious to see how many pagans were on the board and what form you practiced.

  i myself am newer to the pagan scene and am studying witchcraft...something i secretly did when i was a teenage jw.

  any way looking forward to hearing your comments.

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  Xander

  feels like the whole planet is one giant sentient organism

  I liked the way this was presented in the 'Final Fantasy' movie - the souls of the life inhabiting a planet are tied to it and return/are recycled from it.

  naked circle-dancing

  Yeah, I bet. (Incidently, most witches seems to prefer calling that 'sky-clad' rituals)

  JW are far from anything close to christians

  Wouldn't go that far. After all, they believe in one god as the creator, only a select group of people are his representatives, and everyone else dies or suffers in judgement. That pretty much sums up christianity.

  That's what makes paganism better. No one suffers judgement or is rewarded based on the whim of some singular divine being whose temper is notably short.
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  How Many Pagans?

  by Moridin in

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  i was curious to see how many pagans were on the board and what form you practiced.

  i myself am newer to the pagan scene and am studying witchcraft...something i secretly did when i was a teenage jw.

  any way looking forward to hearing your comments.

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  Xander

  Belieft.net has a better description:

  pagan
  To anthropologists and classicists, the term "pagan" means the religions "not of the book," that is, all polytheistic religions, including indigenous religions like those of the Native Americans and the religions of the ancient Greeks, Romans, and Egyptians.

  In recent decades, the term has been adopted by followers of the nature-centered religion known as Wicca and other pantheistic "neo-pagan" movements.

  Prior to that, pagan was usually used to designate a person who was not a member of a dominant religion such as Christianity or Judaism, typically connoting negative personal and cultural qualities.
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  How Many Pagans?

  by Moridin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was curious to see how many pagans were on the board and what form you practiced.

  i myself am newer to the pagan scene and am studying witchcraft...something i secretly did when i was a teenage jw.

  any way looking forward to hearing your comments.

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  Xander

  Butal:

  You, uhh....DO know what the definition of 'pagan' is, right?

  From The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition:

  pagan Pronunciation Key (p
  n.

  1. One who is not a Christian, Muslim, or Jew, especially a worshiper of a polytheistic religion.
  2. One who has no religion.
  3. A non-Christian.
  4. A hedonist.
  5. A Neo-Pagan.

  adj.

  1. Not Christian, Muslim, or Jewish.
  2. Professing no religion; heathen.
  3. Neo-Pagan.
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  How Many Pagans?

  by Moridin in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  i was curious to see how many pagans were on the board and what form you practiced.

  i myself am newer to the pagan scene and am studying witchcraft...something i secretly did when i was a teenage jw.

  any way looking forward to hearing your comments.

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  Xander

  *raises hand*

  But, verdict still out on what form I practice. Still trying to narrow down my beliefs some. Definately pagan, just not sure what kind yet.
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  So, anyone play NWN yet?

  by Xander in

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  just curious.

  i know we have a few gamers on the board.

  any thoughts on neverwinter nights?.

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  Xander

  Julien:

  You, sir, are the person I want to talk to.

  So, what I dislike of Morrowind:

  Don't like the combat in it. For how fast it runs, it amounts to nothing more than running up to an enemy and clicking as many times as you can. Far from the FPS or RTS type combat I'm used to. Which would be okay if the game didn't revolve around it.

  The NPCs are just...boring. They have little or no personality, and are never doing ANYTHING but standing around.

  The game is too event-driven. Nothing happens in the game universe (as massive as it is) without you having triggered it by some action. Makes the whole world feel almost lifeless.

  (Now, don't get the impression I don't like the game, I do, a lot - and have been playing it exclusively in my free time for several weeks now. Oh, yeah, and the mods kick ass)

  BUT....for $60, does NWN really improve on my gripes above? Because if not, I really don't need another game with those flaws and I have a LOT of other things I could spend $60 on.
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  So, anyone play NWN yet?

  by Xander in

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  just curious.

  i know we have a few gamers on the board.

  any thoughts on neverwinter nights?.

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  Xander

  Played Warcraft II. It was okay, but I think the 'Age of Empires' series from Microsoft are just 10x better RTS games.

  At least in multiplayer, anyway. I guess the single-player campaign in Warcraft is better than the 'Age of...' games, but since I tend to stick to multiplayer games, its vastly inferior MP really turned me off it.