death tribble Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I am grateful to Cancer for kickstarting A+Q again. Other than that 'No Alarms and No Surprises please' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Why is it that every MF'er from Milwaukee to Chicago lost their satellite TV service at exactly the same time, and why is it that EVERY SINGLE ONE of them got directed to MY line to ***** me out over it? JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Anasazi Death Tribble! Anasazi! My firrst 2006 post. Welcome to the future Gentlemen! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings To all of our Aussie posters. How is the future? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Some days, I read the BBC, and I wonder: "What are they smoking?" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I admit it: sometimes my rapier-wit consists of statements so subtle that I don't comprehend them until other people decide what they mean. I just sort of throw them out there in the hopes understanding will dawn... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I think I'm funny but I'm merely humorous. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Okay, I admit it, sometimes I don't get the Chassidim (ultra-orthodox Jews of ashkenazi descent). I converted with the supervision of a Chassidic Rabbi, and went to a Chassidic Seminary for several years, and while I admire many of their Rebbeim (spritiual leaders) and study Chassidic discourses on the Kabballah, I have chosen to follow (most would say ultra-orthodox) Sepharadic practice (sometimes being a convert has distinct advantages) and I still don't get the vast majority of Chassidim. Not one bit. A for instance: In Safed this year a group of Chassidim have started an anti-"goyishe new year's" campaign. Their message: We're Jews, we have our own cultural traditions, and our own new year - be a proud Jew and eschew that which isn't you. Well, okay, I can see what they're saying. I don't celebrate "goyishe new years" (though I call it "Roman New Years"), either. And I agree Jews shouldn't feel a need to celebrate everyone else's traditions when we have such rich and beautiful traditions of our own. So I can get into their essential message, but the way they've gone about it... For some reason (and I don't get this, either) in Israel, Sylvester the Cat is associated with the Roman New Years. This year, in Safed, the Chassidim, in their attempt to "encourage" (and I use that word loosely, mind you) their fellow, more secular counterparts to eschew the "goyishe new year" have put up posters all over the city with slogans saying things like "Sylvester is Like Hitler" and "Sylvester Killed 6 Million Jews," and... you get the idea. Personally, from where I sit, it seems a bit much to put on the shoulders of a cartoon kitty. I mean, I'm sure there's some deeper message their trying to convey, but its been completely lost in the "What are you smoking?" factor... I mean, couldn't you just put a poster saying "Be a Proud Jew, Celebrate Your Own New Year!" Or emphasize the fact that this year the Roman New Year falls on Motzi Shabbat (Saturday Night) and encourage them to engage in the time honored tradition of a Malava Malka (a festive evening meal with Jewish stories and the like to honor the leaving of the Sabbath dating back to King David) in conjunction with it - to Judaize the event? Maybe you should throw your own party along those lines and invite them to attend. I mean, both seem like they might be more effective in drawing secular Israeli's closer to Jewish tradition than making them shake their heads in fearful shame at deeply grounded slogans such as "Sylvester is Like Hitler!" I am so glad I escaped to Sepharadi-land. Oh, and Happy Roman New Years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amused Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I love the Coldstone Icecream place that's near where I live. When I'm carrying alot of sutff, the man behind the counter gives me enough ice cream to fill the bowl, but also allow a lid to cover it. When I'll I've got is a soda to carry, he fills it way past the brim, giving me more icecream to savor. I love that place, their coffee icecream mixed with cheesecake icecream is really good. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I know that it was a good decision for me to not drink but sometimes I feel like everyone grew up but me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catacomb Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I've been possessed to sit out my entire 40k chaos army the last few days; all 28 thousand points, and have noticed that my cat > Abaddon and all his mighty legions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Okay' date=' I admit it, sometimes I don't get the Chassidim (ultra-orthodox Jews of ashkenazi descent). I converted with the supervision of a Chassidic Rabbi, and went to a Chassidic Seminary for several years, and while I admire many of their Rebbeim (spritiual leaders) and study Chassidic discourses on the Kabballah, I have chosen to follow (most would say ultra-orthodox) Sepharadic practice (sometimes being a convert has distinct advantages) and [i']I still don't get the vast majority of Chassidim[/i]. Not one bit. A for instance: In Safed this year a group of Chassidim have started an anti-"goyishe new year's" campaign. Their message: We're Jews, we have our own cultural traditions, and our own new year - be a proud Jew and eschew that which isn't you. Well, okay, I can see what they're saying. I don't celebrate "goyishe new years" (though I call it "Roman New Years"), either. And I agree Jews shouldn't feel a need to celebrate everyone else's traditions when we have such rich and beautiful traditions of our own. So I can get into their essential message, but the way they've gone about it... For some reason (and I don't get this, either) in Israel, Sylvester the Cat is associated with the Roman New Years. This year, in Safed, the Chassidim, in their attempt to "encourage" (and I use that word loosely, mind you) their fellow, more secular counterparts to eschew the "goyishe new year" have put up posters all over the city with slogans saying things like "Sylvester is Like Hitler" and "Sylvester Killed 6 Million Jews," and... you get the idea. Personally, from where I sit, it seems a bit much to put on the shoulders of a cartoon kitty. I mean, I'm sure there's some deeper message their trying to convey, but its been completely lost in the "What are you smoking?" factor... I mean, couldn't you just put a poster saying "Be a Proud Jew, Celebrate Your Own New Year!" Or emphasize the fact that this year the Roman New Year falls on Motzi Shabbat (Saturday Night) and encourage them to engage in the time honored tradition of a Malava Malka (a festive evening meal with Jewish stories and the like to honor the leaving of the Sabbath dating back to King David) in conjunction with it - to Judaize the event? Maybe you should throw your own party along those lines and invite them to attend. I mean, both seem like they might be more effective in drawing secular Israeli's closer to Jewish tradition than making them shake their heads in fearful shame at deeply grounded slogans such as "Sylvester is Like Hitler!" I am so glad I escaped to Sepharadi-land. Oh, and Happy Roman New Years. Aha! There is an obscure reason Sylvester the Cat is often seen in Israel on Roman New Years (but man is it obscure)! From Arutz Sheva: "The day of the secular new year is known in Hebrew as Sylvester Day, named after the Roman Pope who convinced the emperor Constantine to prohibit Jews from living in Jerusalem and who arranged for the passage of anti-Semitic laws more than 1,700 years ago." Still, perhaps "Sylvester is like Hitler" and "Sylvester Killed 6 million Jews" is topping it a little high. And again, Happy Yom Sylvester! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I find it disturbing that Fear Mongering is the only way groups feel it appropriate to convey a message, especially when trying to win converts to their side of thought. I may yet abandon society and become a recluse. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted December 31, 2005 Report Share Posted December 31, 2005 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I bought my first Crown Royal bag today that still had the Crown Royal in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I guess nobody found my Military Porn post as interesting as I did. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Re: A Thread for Random Musings My final post for 2005. For the first time in a long time, it was a better year than the year before. Here's hoping it gets even better in 2006. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I always forget how quickly champagne goes to my head. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Re: A Thread for Random Musings My first post for 2006. Hi. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Re: A Thread for Random Musings 536 pages of threads in the NGD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I approve of JGs new avatar Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AliceTheOwl Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Re: A Thread for Random Musings My cats caught a mouse today. Or rather, the smarter, more athletic cat injured the mouse's leg so it couldn't run as fast, and I grabbed it by the tail when it climbed onto my foot. I set it down in the field across the road from my house, where field mice belong. It didn't want to be set down, and clung to me. The cats, meanwhile, want to know what I did with their fun new toy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Re: A Thread for Random Musings 'I don't know why the Pope is so mad, all I said was Happiness is a warm Nun' - Death Tribble Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted January 1, 2006 Report Share Posted January 1, 2006 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I must be getting hold. Watched Sein Und Zeit and Closure and had tears come to my eyes when the siblings were reunited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Only 5960 spam messages last year. Last year, the number was over 20000. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted January 2, 2006 Report Share Posted January 2, 2006 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I'm so annoyed that recording not only aborted but didn't even write a wav file. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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