Lucius Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I come to see that, after all, religion is mostly just an excuse, not an actual cause. Evil people use it as an excuse for their evil. Good people use it as an excuse for their good. But it's ultimately irrelevant, and by and large the sentiments, words, and deeds, would be the same if justified by another religion, or by none. Lucius Alexander In the Name of the Palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 26, 2012 Report Share Posted May 26, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Today's appetizer: bicycle-caught fly. It was free, too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings THe Apocalypse has been cancelled, just so you know if you didn't. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Happy 75th Anniversary, Golden Gate Bridge! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings http://www.neoncon.com/ Fans & Friends, Friday, May 28, 2012 It is with a heavy heart, that I write to let you know that we have come to the end of the road. Yesterday evening, after considerable thought and discussion, we decided to turn out the lights on NeonCon. For five years, NeonCon has been our passion project. We worked hard to keep the show affordable, engaging and, most importantly, fun. I am proud to say we hit each mark. But in the end, those elements did not add up to a sustainable business. Having said that, I would do it all again, even knowing how it would end. Well, this sucks rocks. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 27, 2012 Report Share Posted May 27, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Seems we won the ESC. That's nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted May 28, 2012 Report Share Posted May 28, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Dee Snider will do ANYTHING for money. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWviL_8ShZc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings There are rumors about that there will be a remake of the movie The Brothers Lionheart, a classic Swedish children's movie -- it deals with death and duty and bravery against all odds. The original novel was written by Astrid "Everyone's Granny" Lindgren, an author who took children and childhood very serious. Now, the gang supposedly behind the new movie version couldn't be more fitting -- the script by John Ajvide Lindqvist, the guy who wrote Let The Right One In and the script to that novel's movie adaptation, and direction by Tomas Alfredson, who was behind the camera on the LTROI and Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy. Let's see where these rumors take us next. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted May 29, 2012 Report Share Posted May 29, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Retail Therapy heals only those with something to sell. Lucius 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Energy Works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bazza Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Thought this might be of interest to a few people. The Geek Manifesto: Why Science Matters | Mark Henderson | 9780593068236 For a taster of this book, buy the mini Ebook: 'The Geek Manifesto: why geeks matter' and discover why this is a must read for anyone even a tiny bit interested in science or politics. The geeks are coming. And our world needs them. Whether we want to improve education or cut crime, to enhance public health or to generate clean energy, we need the experimental methods of science - the best tool humanity has yet developed for working out what works. Yet from the way we're governed to the news we're fed by the media we're let down by a lack of understanding and respect for its insights and evidence. In The Geek Manifesto Mark Henderson explains why and how we need to entrench scientific thinking more deeply into every aspect of our society. A new movement is gathering. Let's turn it into a force our leaders cannot ignore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I am an Image Restoring Master! *jazzhands* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings We had the weekly team meeting today. I was watching one person talk when suddenly she no longer appeared quite human to me. For some reason, I was mentally deconstructing her and seeing her in terms of a skull with layers of tissue over it like a very good animatronic character. I could almost see the construction that went into putting her head together. It was odd. I tried to see the others that way, and it worked on one but not the other. The two animatronic coworkers are extremely skinny, which may have played into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings A solar year is 365.24 days. A lunar month is 29.5 days. Let us assume, for historical and religious reasons, that a week must be 7 days. In this new system, a calendar month equals exactly 4 weeks, or 28 days. A year consists of 13 calendar months (13x28=364 days). An additional day is tagged at the end of the year (call it an extra-calendar day, or month) and is set aside as a time of celebration. Every four years, a leap-day is added to the 14th extra-calendar month (following all the current rules about leap years, of course, necessary because the solar calendar just doesn't quite match up to the days). So, instead of this whole "30 days hath November" crap, we have a monthly calendar that makes sense. If it's Monday, it's either the 2nd, 9th, 16th, or 23rd, every month. The lunar phase moves back 1.5 days every month, going through a complete cycle every... what, about 18 years or so? This is the most wonky part of the calendar, but not too many people rely on the phase of the moon anymore. Also, we move the months back to their proper places. "October" means "Eighth Month," so it should be in the 8th place on the calendar. Same with September, November, and December. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings There are days, writing news, when I'm sure our politicians have drunk the Kool Aid. If only it were Flavor Aid! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L. Marcus Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings The scent of nettles In a cool midsummer night My heart stings for you Apparently, biking makes me wax poetic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted May 30, 2012 Author Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings The Marines are practicing breaching drills over the hill again. It sounds like... victory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted May 30, 2012 Report Share Posted May 30, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Very short notice, I'm afraid, but if you like making mix CDs and would like to trade with others, I'm acting as the Central Mailer for an exchange. http://skjam.livejournal.com/196612.html#comments We could use a few more people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SatinKitty Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Time to stop digging. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
teh bunneh Posted May 31, 2012 Report Share Posted May 31, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings OK, I'm going to go on record with this. I know I'm committing heresy by saying this, but Bruce Springsteen is the most over-rated singer/songwriter ever, and he always has been. Seriously, I just can't see what people like about him or his music. The stoning may now commence. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbywolfe Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings [TABLE] [TR] [TD][TABLE] [TR=class: ms-WPHeader] [TD][h=3]Remembering Cray Research Co-founder Andrew G. Scott[/h][/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] [/TD] [/TR] [TR] [TD] Andrew G. Scott, one of the founders of Cray Research, died this May at age 84. He was born in St. Paul, where he practiced law, and was a key legal advisor to Seymour Cray in the creation of Cray Research, Inc., where he served as Vice Chairman and General Counsel. He also served in the United States Army in WWII and in Korea, and served on the Boards of the Minneapolis Institute of Arts, the MN Orchestra, Children's Theater Company, Channel 2, St. Paul Academy and Summit School, and numerous high-tech companies. "He was able, particularly in times of crisis, to take enormous amounts of information, and distill them to their essence. He was extremely wise and could really cut to the chase," said a long-time business associate. [/TD] [/TR] [/TABLE] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
James Gillen Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings What is truly scary about the Johnny Depp Fear & Loathing in Las Vegas is that it is one of THE most accurate adaptations of a book put to film. JG Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old Man Posted June 1, 2012 Author Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings I just lost 90 minutes surfing wikipedia, and I don't mind one bit. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%C3%BA_Chulainn if you want to go down the same rabbit hole.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Klytus Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings This week has been the longest short-week I can remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted June 1, 2012 Report Share Posted June 1, 2012 Re: A Thread for Random Musings Is there such a film or series as Tour of Booty ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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