SaggyBalls

WOW! Awesome. I *think* this thread is about showing off the phonies. Got some shining examples?

My 'art phonies' comment stopped making sense to me. You beat the edit. I have no idea if you're a phony. I've crashed at your pad and spent time with you but you're the only one that could answer that question. I say no, but prove me wrong and I'll probably look the other way cause we don't go to galleries anyway. I'm not writing these rambling posts much anymore for anybody else, now am I? As far as the archetypal stories go, I think it's pretty plain that these are huge personal themes that occur in our lives from time to time. It's so self-indulgent. I think that's what makes it sexy. One thing I know is that I probably won't forgive myself too soon if the cans of beer in the freezer asplode tonight.

Rejoice - I for one find it laughable that Christians worship a demigod, not GOD, and in the process of adopting the belief that you should put a pronoun before the word GOD, debases and shatters the validity of their concept of monotheism. Still, I'm laughing and not outright denouncing, because both their actions and mine could be taken as either blasphemous or insulting (like that's really even important if God is Love anyway). If a real person, Jesus was a singular person, not the embodiment of pure singularity. Christians continually break one of 'their' ten commandments just by being Christian. I'd look more into Judaism if I didn't like pork, shellfish, and cheeseburgers so much (and if I weren't so obviously a country WASP) I think the one question that helped me to come to that hypocrisy conclusion wasn't so much "are you ready to take Jesus into your heart?", but the subsequent "do you understand what that means, Robby?". After awhile it started to mean that I was to feel sorry for the guy and give him a place where he could be safe from so many evangelical hypocrites. Not that I really believe I'm so galactically important but it's humbled me in the past and kept me from putting too much stock into one belief over another. If you know me then you could probably find a few shining examples, but few really jump out at me like that one does. I'm not the most compassionate person (I can be a total asshole when I drink too fast) but I have a lot of people that care for me and much of that feels pretty divine. Getting back to your point that a reality alone is not a reality one in which one probably wouldn't care to exist, I think you're onto something. I like the concepts I've found through the stories over the years but worshiping Jesus (the first Jewish Messiah (Christ) was Simon wasn't it?) instead of using his wisdom and philosophy to better worship/appreciate GOD (the universe, love, existence, harvest, what have you) has seemed misguided and poorly conceived to me since I was a kid, though I probably wouldn't have been able to explain it like that when I was 8. It just didn't add up properly for me before. I wonder how many other people draw parallels between Politics/government and Religion. Where so many people keep believing/practicing because that's their culture and not based on any explanation of truths...compared to most people believing in Government and paying income taxes even though it's debatable whether they can be constitutionally enforced but going along with the lie because they've bought into a warm fuzzy feeling of doing the right thing. After all, it's easier to go along with the system, have a SIN, bank account, mortgage/debt, and drive one's car licensed than to be enough of an expert on the various statutes and workings of legalese to live outside that reality without one's rights being infringed upon by said Government and its officials and just as the often improperly educated 'free sovereign', many knee-jerk atheists and bible thumpers alike can easily throw reason under the bus. While I'm not off the grid and have a drivers' license etc. I don't buy into the 'Christ is Lord' hogwash. I prefer my belief that I'd have had such a great time around him that I'd feel high even if we were just drinking water, that I'd never be so distracted that I'd want to get out of a conversation with him to stuff my face, and that he would be so honest that he'd die for his convictions - and that if I were to be more like that then life would be a bit rosier for me and for my friends. But I also put stock in the stories about Jesus' lost years where he disappeared along the silk trail to fulfill his duties as a Lama, as the 3 wise men were really lamas looking for a reincarnated holy man. "Wise" men from the east bringing 'gifts' that this child would never need? Kid was the Dalai Lama (or another important spiritual leader reincarnated, only to finally be released on the cross. ...If that kind of thing can happen, of course.

Here's to you, Mister.

I just got a Napoleon Apollo Smoker and hope to do a fish in the coming month. Used it as just a charcoal grill today to check the seal around the seams and cook up some beef that should have been cooked yesterday. I was considering sealing the seams with fiberglass rope or high heat silicone caulk. I thought it might be worth my time but I'm pretty patient and am willing to let it seal itself as it seasons if that's a better option. Does anyone have any good tips on prepping a vertical smoker to perform better? Advice?

Bouche, the word 'just' was implied there... As in 'not to JUST be contradictory...' As far as the entire music biz adopting this...we'd see a lot of acts fail and a great number succeed with a stronger base of fans and devoted listeners. It would probably put a totally different spin on file sharing and I'm sure that bands would have more opportunities to apply this approach to merch and high quality vinyl pressings for their devoted fanbase. A challenge doesn't put someone into the state of being contradictory...as in somebody that just chimes in with a pissy argument to make it all about himself. I'm sure the love's all around but I know where Northern Wish is coming from with that one. :chug:

This year is going to have a couple of extra days and is on the Labour Day weekend. Prepare to be impressed, folks.

Probably because the real center is a lot more left than centrists and right wingers would have anyone believe.

Here's to all of that.

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I can't wait to get a case of these to go with a big tall glass of chocolate milk every afternoon.

Not if it includes people making the music themselves - and that includes programming (like Skrillex and Deadmau5) - If I've read that correctly.

Well it IS hurricane season in July.

Matt Mays, Kathleen Edwards, and Sam Roberts are travelling the wilderness and making music on this week's episode. Is anybody else enjoying this program? http://nationalparksproject.ca/ Link to Discovery World Site

pfft.

I can't wait for his dot matrix printer style to shine through. Feckin' swift.

I could see the issue go away if something else turned into a hot button media story or if something else seems more urgent to the average Canadian. I haven't seen this particular point brought up anywhere else, only the 'internet spying' aspect of it. If you're into writing emails/letters this is pretty important. If you're just into sending them then get to me and I can send you the one I sent out. If you're just into telling people about issues in hopes that they'll write letters than please share this information. Nobody's spinning this as anything more than an internet spying bill. Government agents planting bugs in your clothes and tracking your car isn't anywhere in the media. Now that it's spelled out in projected legislation, plain as day, this should be a red flag for Canadians to make some noise and vote accordingly next election if they believe it has any potential to work, even in theory.

http://www.ronniemontrose.com/ Damn prostate cancer. Keep on shreddin'in Heaven, Ronnie.

I've never suggested that I'm always original. This is not an internet safety/spying bill, this is the spying bill. How possible is it for legislation to be overturned by a new Parliament? Can it be done?

"why is this not the regular flavour instead of Nacho Cheese" rolls through my head with every chip I eat.

"492.1 (1) A justice or judge who is satisfied by information on oath that there are reasonable grounds to suspect that an offence has been or will be committed under this or any other Act of Parliament and that tracking the location of one or more transactions or the location or movement of a thing, including a vehicle, will assist in the investigation of the offence may issue a warrant authorizing a peace officer or a public officer to obtain that tracking data by means of a tracking device." "(2) A justice or judge who is satisfied by information on oath that there are reasonable grounds to believe that an offence has been or will be committed under this or any other Act of Parliament and that tracking an individual’s movement by identifying the location of a thing that is usually carried or worn by the individual will assist in the investigation of the offence may issue a warrant authorizing a peace officer or a public officer to obtain that tracking data by means of a tracking device. (3) The warrant authorizes the peace officer or public officer, or a person acting under their authority, to install, activate, use, maintain, monitor and remove the tracking device, including covertly." So if you have committed or will likely commit a crime/go against ANY Act of Parliament, you may be tracked. If you breeze through a stop sign or exceed the speed limit, that counts, however unlikely it may be that you'll be tracked you'll be under C-30's reach. It only has to assist with the investigation of such an offence - that means to prove facts, not necessarily come up with a conviction. If they can rule you out then that aids an investigation but can still keep tabs on you for a year or more. Pretty nefarious. Looks like I'm with the terrorists and child pornographers on this one.

At least one - me.

Exactly' date=' smoking wastes so much time and money! Do something productive while not killing yourself and others around you, smokers! [/quote'] Indoor air quality does far more harm to people than standing near a smoker in an outdoor area. It would be far more productive for City Hall to do something other than ban smoking. It's going to take a lot of time to fix their planning blunders that are going to be a huge drain on infrastructure demands in the next decade...sewer, water, traffic... I'm sure that future development could benefit more from finding ways to cut down on energy demands and that would, of course, come with friction from developers and take extra time accordingly. I think people are going to need to smoke A LOT more to get through the headaches of the city fumbling through it all. Why ban it now? Oh yeah...people think it matters.

They could be doing so much more with their time. feck.