Male and Female Imponderables - Zwitter
POSTED BY: Nicodemus
UPDATED: Wednesday, November 1, 2006 00:31
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Morning Imponderables! I'm off to work. Hope to check back later this evening.
I made a web site to introduce my friends to the 'Verse.
http://web.mac.com/arcadianlc
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Wow sorry went to respond and then principal walked in to do an observation...went good though
I choose to rise instead of fall- U2
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Magdalena - Interesting that you bring up history. What I use to support what some people consider my "paranoia", is history. Rome had 200 years of peace, and Japan had around 250. From what I know, these are the longest reigning times of peace for any civilization in history. 250 years. That doesn't instill a great deal of confidence to me.
What have we experienced here in America in the past 100 years or so? Six wars, one major depression, countless acts of terrorism, probably 3 hurricanes a year on average? People are quick to say, "Well you're not thinking about the good stuff", well who the fuck cares!? I don't deny that there is good in this world, but just because there's good doesn't mean that you shouldn't be aware or and prepare for the bad! Most of what is considered good exists because of preparations for the bad! Tree huggers and idealists get on my nerves because of this. They think a good attitude is the only thing you need. Well guess what? All of the peace and idealism in the world is useless in a dead body.
JonnyQuest - Yeah, I was actually thinking about that about 5 minutes after I posted it. Negative experiences in parachuting generally have the same outcome, but even people who've broken bones that I've talked to didn't regret trying it.
And I'm not against living life, but my definition of living is different from a lot of people's. My point is that you have to be alive to live (duh), and ignoring the neccasities to survive is just plain... well, if someone's "ignor"ing it, I suppose it'd make them "ignor"ant.
Oddsbodkins - Clausewitz was noted as saying that "War is an extension of politics". Sun Tzu considered war to be the most important consideration of the state. All successful military leaders, in fact, have been at least partially involved in politics and dimplomacy. Wether or not you need to flex your military muscles in any given diplimatic situation is deffinately dependent upon countless factors. Sometimes you do, and sometimes you don't. But you should always have it as an option. The U.S. has only recently realized the importance of keeping an adequetly sized and trained standing military, after numerous conflicts (WW1, WW2, Vietnam, etc.) where not doing so has caused us a great deal of casualties.
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Place my body on a ship and burn it on the sea,
Let my spirit rise, Valkiries carry me.
Take me to Valhalla where my brothers wait for me.
Fires burn into the sky, my spirit will never die.
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Chris- I feel the need to pester you with this
http://shadowdane.shackspace.com/viking_kittens.html
and this
I choose to rise instead of fall- U2
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Msg the viking kitties are too funny.
I couldn't get onto this siote for most of the day.I was getting so frustrated.
I must share that now Dylan has a ciold & there's a good possibility that we'll miss trick or treating tomorrow , and his school Halloween parade.I'm totally bummed.I can't imagine how to make this up to the little guy.And I was looking forward to getting dressed up too.Here's hoping it magically goes away tonight.
Bryce
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I swallowed a bug.
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Originally posted by LittleAlbatross29:
Msg the viking kitties are too funny.
I couldn't get onto this siote for most of the day.I was getting so frustrated.
I must share that now Dylan has a ciold & there's a good possibility that we'll miss trick or treating tomorrow , and his school Halloween parade.I'm totally bummed.I can't imagine how to make this up to the little guy.And I was looking forward to getting dressed up too.Here's hoping it magically goes away tonight.
Awwww I remember one halloween where I got sick and just slept through trick or treating. Granted I was getting older so it wasn't a big deal but still I was a little bummed.
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Allright folks, y'all move too quick for me. 'Nets been out all day and I got a frickin' jones like no other.
So, on war. I went to a gathering to welcome back one of my cousins from Iraq. Something that I'd felt for a very long time was affirmed by an elder.
He said that our family has been so patriotic through the years because we were invaded by foreiners once and wish not to have it happen again. That is the basic preparedness I seem to have been raised with my whole life.
On the whole diplomacy concern...
I've noticed my personal capacity for diplomacy has grown over the last several years. It actually feels good to try figuring things out before bringing on a fight. With exceptions. When the fight comes to me and when the fight has no logical exlaination (abuse and the like).
The relative peace we have been granted is hard won and easily lost.
I lost my point (don't ya love fragmented thinking? Stupid pop music influences)
So I had a very fitting dream Friday morning. So I'm trying to save Ms. Incomprehensible, her son, and a few fols I don't know from (of all things) zombies in a huge school. At the end I'm on the roof pulling her and her son up through a window. And, of course, I'm pulling her up and she bites me. Ain't that such a fitting dream. I've spent too much time in fic land.
So I'm shuttin' up now, but I wanted to say HI to everyone. Here late tonight for parenting class, taught by me the non-parent of course. 
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(BUMPS thread)
Where the fudgenuggets is everyone?
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FFF.net has been down, or possibly just majorly glitching most of the day. I think it may have annoyed some people into giving up until tommorow.
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Place my body on a ship and burn it on the sea,
Let my spirit rise, Valkiries carry me.
Take me to Valhalla where my brothers wait for me.
Fires burn into the sky, my spirit will never die.
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I'm here, Nvghostrider. Good luck on the parenting class. I'm sure you will do a great job even if you're not a parent. You know what they should be doing.
MsG, the Viking cats are too cute for words. Were you looking for cat pics when your principal came in? 
Good to know that all went well.
I made a web site to introduce my friends to the 'Verse.
http://web.mac.com/arcadianlc
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