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That's some sort of new sexual euphemism then, is it?

Thing about pedestrians is they're harder to predict and more mobile because they can change direction, start & stop, etc quickly. Mind you the problem with 18 wheelers is that they're very big and less mobile and slower to stop so essentially you're always screwed being in between those two end posts. At least here they do sensible things, like make it a law to stop for people in crosswalks. And then put convenient bus stops at the cross walk so, in theory, bus riders don't have far to go if they have to cross the street but the practical result is that no one knows if the people are waiting to cross or waiting for the bus...

I didn't mention eating the seafood - I said they were working there. Sea Bass at the counter, spearfish at the grill, etc. Bruce's analogy applied to Guard Dog's theorem would be "Don't go into a Chinese restaurant if they sell kielbasa."

Looking at the enlarged photo I'd say piercing.

I tend to follow that eating etiquette as well. For example don't go to good seafood restaurant and expect killer spare ribs. Wouldn't the correct analogy to Guard Dog's situation with a seafood restaurant be "If you ever go into a seafood take out joint and there are no seafood working there, just turn around and leave"? A spare rib analogy would be "Don't go into a BBQ Rib joint if there are no pigs there".

I got 5/9 although there are two questions (life expectancy and wealth distribution) that my initial thought was correct on but talked myself out of

They didn't have honor rolls 150 years ago when kids worked in coal mines as pack animals because donkeys couldn't fit in mineshafts. They didn't have honor rolls when daughters were a liability that you traded for an item of value, like a goat (or in the cultures where that's still true today.) They didn't have honor rolls when infant mortality was 50% or higher. Living to puberty was achievement enough, nobody gave out special recognition for the people who managed to not die of smallpox by the age of 15. And those kids didn't go to school or weren't required to go to school to get jobs, so I'm not sure what you're talking about. Me: "wow they're doing a disservice to education by taking this motivator away, IMO." You: "These kids who led miserable lives and died early and never got educated never had that motivator." I don't get it. Right now, our experience is that kids are terribly motivated in classes. Partially this may be that education is always slow to change delivery message and technology is sweepingly altering the ways in which we communicate (even think about communicating) but I'm not convinced that removing any motivation to achieve is a good idea. Then it was the private financial reward that motivated you, not the public recognition as a NEEEEEEEEEEEEEEERRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRD. Also you just told kids not to aim for the top (i.e. AP calculus and chemistry.) Isn't that a little antithetical to your rage about abolishment of honor rolls? Isn't it just that you weren't good enough? The Valedictorian of our class didn't take college prep classes, was the only student with a 4.0 GPA, so I'm not sure how advising students - even with tongue in cheek - to not pair AP Calculus and Advanced Chemistry in their Senior Year (as opposed to not taking them as you suggest) translates to being "antithetical" to suggesting the abolishing of honor rolls is a bad thing. And I was motivated by financial gain and awards and public recognition as I got positive encouragement from all as each tied into positive feedback from siblings, parents, peers and teachers. So.... At the end of the day, I didn't see myself as "raging" against anything. As someone who works in higher education, I do see a large number of students - growing with each new class of freshmen - who feel that the college must adjust to them to allow them to succeed. And while I can gripe about the problems in both societies mistaken weighting of a college education to be things that its not as well as our own inability to achieve the outcomes we say we're trying for (in short that higher education has their own flaws as does elementary and secondary education), I'm not convinced that taking away recognitions of high achievement is going to amount to anything other than continue to encourage students that all they need is the minimum effort applied to jump the current hurdle they face. 80% of the understanding of your rage came from 20% of the people reading the thread.

There's an "ignore" feature for a reason... Not that it makes me sane using it.

My parents paid money out for our grades when I was in elementary/high school. I didn't get a "C" or "D" until I was a senior in High School ("Senioritis" and AP Calculus and Advanced Chemestry II don't mix. Just say no kids.) And I had so many certificates that my mom ran out of places to put them (she joked in my junior year I needed to be dumber because she had no place to put my certificates and awards). And while I might not have appreciated everyone its because I came to expect that I should have one and worked to make sure I did. The alternative - not achieving good grads, good scores, etc. - was a motivation for me to always do my best and get those awards and certificates. I would have been gutted if they took that way to benchmark myself away from me.

And the nerfing of kids and childhood continues...

I liked it. Thought it was another solid episode. I thought they'd used Simmons and Fitz' first names in the first episode...but may be mistaken.

And then I'll post a picture of myself at a gym as counterproof.* *or I would if I had a camera. And a gym.

If Freud taught me anything, you're obviously repressing deep and traumatic sexual urges directed at your parents. Isn't that pretty much the response to any dream with regard to Freud?

This sounds like it should be a title to a Heavy Metal inspired rock Epic. No, it can't be a "Road to" unless the companions turn out to be Bob Hope or Bing Crosby.... and there are musical comedy numbers involved. Edit: And that's what happens when you go to catch up on the forums after a couple of days without reading here and make a snap quote reply without having read to the final page.. you find someone's already done the same form of reply.. darn. Great minds and all that.

Diablo 1 also came out on the playstation 1. And back in 1991, I played Arcus Odyssey on the Sega Genesis. The problem really isn't that isometic on consoles is difficult, it that's Isometric + party + real time = pain in the ass for a controller user. There is still a cottage industry for Japanese games that uses an isometric style turn based party RPGs, but handling a party in turn based isn't really an issue like it is in real time (or even real time with pause).

Weird Dream - Eartha Kitt was announcing to the press that she was going to do a 90th birthday tour around the world. She didn't explain how she would do this having, sadly, passed on a few years ago, instead dodging the question. Nor was there any explanation as to why the press conference was happening in my shower as I was trying to get ready to go to work and, in fact, taking a shower.

This sounds like it should be a title to a Heavy Metal inspired rock Epic. Sounds like a Hope & Crosby film to me - "We must storm the place!" "You storm. I'll stay here and drizzle." "Oh, nothing to worry about. If he should give you a nip, it's very simple. All you do is to get hold of your bowie knife like this, make a cut on here, suck out the poison and spit it away. Very simple." "Yeah, but what if he bites me in a place I can't reach?" "That is when you find out who your real friends are." "How do you figure on paying for all this?" "What are you, scared? You got red blood, ain't you?" "Yeah, but I don't want to get it all over strangers. "Go ahead, eat up, eat up son. I'll think of something. "These guys don't monkey around, they got knives, they're liable to try and get the food back the hard way." etc.

I don't get why a clone raised amongst Remans that rose up to lead Romulan society, would name his flagship after a middle eastern earth weapon. Linguistic coincidence? Translation convenience? Sloppy writing? Lets see, since last I posted here I watched - HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS - made with the original cast from the show, directed by the creator of the show. But its more mid-60s Hammer Vampire film than Dark Shadows film; Barnabas never makes it to tortured hero and instead kills most of his relatives. NIGHT OF DARK SHADOWS - you can tell the film is heavily edited (music cuts jarringly) and yet this story, or a man being tempted by a dead witch who is also trying to bring herself back to life works so much better than the first film. TIM BURTON'S DARK SHADOWS - more like the first HOUSE film than the TV series with a number of direct parallels; the big difference is they split HOUSE's villain Barnabas into good guy (although not as tortured) and bringing in TV villain Angelique to play the villain role out to destroy the family. Lots of good stuff marred by some really bad/inexplicable things (like Dr. Hoffman going down on Barnabas). MONSTERS UNIVERSITY - I probably liked it better than the first film. Very enjoyable look at College Life. HOCUS POCUS - Disney does witches. Pretty fun, but what was up on the stressing at every opportunity the lead characters virginity? And why do the bullies steal his shoes but not his bike? And why does Kathy Najimay think gurning was good characterization? Still it was fun. RETURN OF THE MOD SQUAD - one of the earliest reunion movies, Pete, Julie and Linc come back to help their former Captain after someone tries to kill him. Lots of guest stars and the leads still have the same chemistry they had on the series. THE NAKED JUNGLE - Charlton Heston brings a mail-order bride to his Peruvian plantation where they end up fighting rampaging Army Ants that eat everything in their path. Part romance, part base under seige film. I enjoyed it after not having seen it for a decade or two. PANDORUM - enjoyable sci-fi horror film about a colony ship plagued by mutated cannibal creatures. I'd forgotten much of what happened. Not perfect, there are a few nagging questions, but I thought it fun. CARS 2 - goofy sequel to the original and a fun riff on spy cliches.

didn't he build that super tranq gun Coulson uses? Don't remember. But how often since that have they needed him to invent something on the fly? They've even had Simmons running the tech stuff at times.

Didn't say she could - so far Fitz hasn't really had to either.

Yeah I didn't think you were serious. SOA = School of Americas. There was a protest at Ft. Benning Georgia that RT and others were covering, a bunch of people got arrested (and RT wasn't, from memory, the only reporters arrested).

Yes, it's a thing. And it looks like I'm going to be hosting my lesbian friend and her gf for sunday at least. Simply because they don't want to be around my friends ex I just can't help but see endless possibilities for how that situation might turn out Calax. If you could make something happen there you will have officially knocked Ros off his throne as the party king of this forum! "Most people have a full measure of life... and most people just watch it slowly drip away. But if you can summon it all up... at one time... in one place... you can accomplish something... glorious." Yes...I did just quote Highlander II: The Quickening...

In the provided clip, its impossible to say if it was justified or not - there's no context for what happened prior to the police moving in to arrest the woman. I'm not saying the police didn't overreact - they're prone to with regard to the SOA - but you couldn't really prove it by what was provided in that clip.

Mom injures son's testicles; attempts repair with superglue

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