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  1. I've cycled approx 20 miles every day for the last fortnight, and somehow seem to have accidentally quit smoking on account of it, as the very though of a fag is making my lungs want to go elsewhere, and has done for quite a while

     

    At present, I am not sure if this is a positive development.

    Sure it is! Go you!

     

     

    Smoking will stunt your growth!

     

    Seriously, though, it's good that the thought of smoking isn't appealing to at least part of you. They say that the worst parts of giving up smoking are the first few weeks and the rest of your life after that.

     

    Good luck, though!

  2. I ran in the Pro Football Hall Of Fame 2 mile race this sunday. I came in at 18:43:90, which is faster than my time last year, so I'm happy.

     

    Here's a pic, stolen from the Ohio Challenge Series website. I'm the one with the YMCA shirt and the two knee braces.

     

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  3. The grandson of my fathers childhood and life long friend, has been killed in Afganistan. No-one knew he was in the SAS Regiment, they take the secrecy pretty seriously. His father used to play Santa Claus for our combined families when I was a little guy, and even though I have not seen him for 20 years, I feel wretched this morning. Their family has had a bad few years with deaths and disease, and dads mate has had a couple of heart attacks this year. They are cousins-by-love to my family, three of Seans cousins have been staying with my family this month.

     

    "The dead soldier has been named as Signaller Sean McCarthy, 25, from the Perth-based Special Air Service Regiment (SASR)."

     

     

     

     

    http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,2...489-661,00.html

     

    Sorry to hear that.

     

  4. Thanks, your the only one who noticed my hair. I still don't understand what Spain meant by his post. Except stating his drunkeness.

     

    Wait a second! A few pages ago, wasn't I the first one to ask if you'd gotten a haircut?

    It's hard enough being mistaken for a guy when you're a female, but when you're mistaken for invisible, it's even worse....sob

     

     

    Um...does anyone hear anything?

  5. I count as a boy now do I? :shrug:

     

    And me too I suppose? I'm no cyborg, either.

    DON'T LISTEN TO ITS LIES!!

     

     

    This message was paid for by the Council of Pedantry.

     

    :tongue:

     

    (I'm at work, at the Writing Center...I couldn't let it slip!)

  6. Saw Indy 4 at the Leicester Square Odeon this afternoon, on a personal level this is one of the best films I've ever seen, I left the cinema feeling on top of the world and whistled the theme tune all the way home and am still chuckling thinking about the amazing set pieces, The fridge moment in particular which was apparently been much derided in the blogosphere. I feel it was Spielberg and Lucas at their best, creating a completely implausible action adventure that'll stay with me for the rest of my life.

     

    Obviously stands up as well to serious criticism as well as Flash Gordon or The Mummy, but this isn't 'film as art' it's 'film as spectacle' I just feel sorry for those people who couldn't put that all to one side and just go with it, not everything has to be perfect to be perfect, roll on Xmas and the 4 film DVD boxset I am so buying.

     

     

    Thank you! I loved Indy 4, but all my friends hated it! It was fun, and it made me not hate Shia The Beef as much as I used to. Oh, I still hate him, don't get me wrong.

  7. Thanks everyone! Yeah, I don't think I've made any enemies, but rather that I had made myself an easy target by leaving my back door open (with thust a screen door closed...it gets so hot in the apartment and the air conditioner is one of those huge, energy-sucking wall units that never shuts itself off...)

     

    In my defence, I thought I was only going to be gone about 20 minutes, but I ended up going to the otter's to watch 30 Rock on DVD.

     

    Speaking of which, have you heard this mess about sometimes "Y" being a vowel? What a world.

  8. I got home last night to find my back door wide open, one of my cats missing, and a buch of my shit taken. The cat came back, which is the only thing preventing me from going all vigilante-death wish on some motherfuckers right now.

     

    They did get my laptop. And all my discs with my writing from the last 2 or 3 years. So right now, as a writer, I'm completely demoralized and considering an occupation where the theft of something the size of my pinky can't ruin my life (That's my flash drive, not my laptop.).

     

    They also got my XBox. You know...that super top secret XBox I talked about on my birthday. GONE. And my DVD player. So, even though they left my TV and most of my DVDs, I can't watch anything.

     

    They got my digital camera. So no more YouTube posts.

     

    They also got some DVDs from the library. And some games I borrowed off my friend Rob. And a game and controler I borrowed off my friend Tom. So, you know, not only did I lose shit, but now I owe people money that I don't have. This means that, because of these motherfucking bastards, I have to get a second job.

     

    Besides shit that they took, they also ransacked my entire place, probably looking for drugs.

     

    The end result: I owe people money, my hand hurts (maybe broken...I can't afford to go to the hospital to find out) from putting it through a wall when I found out my laptop and discs were gone, and since it's obvious that my neighborhood is becoming a high crime area (my car stereo was stolen last week, and there was another break in a few days ago), I've got to find a new place.

     

    Seriously, can someone check to see if I have a sign on my back?

  9. Hey all,

     

    There are currently no limits put on sig/avatar sizes but things are starting to get a little out of control in that area.

     

    Well that's how I feel myself, am I in the minority ?

    I agree! Some avatars (coughcoughChristian'scoughcough) are messing up the look of the page.

  10. That new Adam Sandler movie "You Don't Mess With The Zohan".

     

    Great stuff, a return to form. It's not as good as Waterboy, but it's in the same league, unlike Click.

     

    I love a good dumb comedy, and this was that.

     

    DISCLAIMER:

     

    Movie is much funnier if you are Jewish, know a bit of Hebrew, and are familiar with Israeli culture.

     

    You're jewish?

     

    (No...it's a joke. You know...from the other thread...)

  11. Wolvy, what Avaunt just said is exactly right. You won't get away from those dreams until you move on to a better situation to replace them with.

     

    OK then. But, explain to me why I'm always dreaming about UFOs!

     

    Because during High School you were constantly getting anal probed..

     

     

    Hey...I've never met him in person, OK???

  12. I'm into John Shirley's War Lord, which you all know is a Hellblazer novel. It's very readable, good to bring along in my backpack for when I'm on public transit or in a waiting room. I'm enjoying it.

     

     

    I made it about 2/3 through this and gave up. I had to take it back to the library.

     

    Now, the big reading project is that the otter and I are reading all 10 trades of Sandman.

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