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currently in possession of 4 motorcycles, semi-automatic 12-gauge shotgun, a 30.06, a 50 cal muzzle loader, and the Gamo "Varmint Hunter" pellet gun outfitted with a lazer sight and flash light on the scope.

hangshai, where are you located (roughly)?

i feel inclined to direct your attention here: motorcycle geek out thread

maybe i will stock up on lead that has been painted gold, instead.

i think i'm gonna go ahead and do it then - i am using my HSA to pay for it, but with teh babby coming i thought maybe i should forgoe the tooth fixin and save teh moneys for that.

also, would someone really into bicycles be considered a pedalphile?

i like the word "ilk"

i did realize the other day that i hate the phrase (is it a cliche?) "thereinwhich lies the rub"

THIS DAMN THING DOESN'T WORK AT ALL!!!
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sweet

Taken from:

http://www.realclimate.org/index.php/archives/2004/12/temperaturevariations-in-past-centuries-and-the-so-called-hockey-stick/

hey - can i but in and ask a question?  i will fully admit up front that i did not read this article, but i did look at the graphs (engineering school does that to you).  i'm just wondering if i'm interpreting them correctly: it appears that since they are plots of temperature change (not just temperature) vs time, that, up until very recently, the planet has been getting colder every year.  is this right?

i'm not really anti-dentite, but i've been watching a lot of seinfeld lately. . .

anyhow - from age 18 to age 30, i didn't go to the dentist.  for the first few years it was cuz i didn't have insurance and was poor.  then, when i had coverage, i didn't go because i hadn't been for so long that i was too ashamed, etc, and i knew it would suck, blah blah - fast forward to age 30: a piece of one of my teeth broke off, so i figured i'd better get my ass in to see the dentist.  ended up getting 4 wisdom teeth pulled plus the tooth that a piece broke off of.  also ended up getting a bunch of fillings. 

now i go regularly and it isn't all that bad.

here's my problem:  my dentist says i need to get a bridge to replace the extra tooth they pulled.  it's gonna cost me $1700.  he says that if i leave that gap in there my teeth will all shift and cause me horrible problems later on.

being that i'm the paranoid type, it does occur to me that a dental practice probably makes gobs more money off of bridges, false teeth, implants, etc. than they do off of cleanings.  so, wouldn't it really be in their best interest to keep telling me i need a bridge, even if i don't really need one?  wouldn't it be more lucrative to keep telling me that my (remaining) teeth look great until they rot out of my head so they can sell me false teeth?

it's been 2 years with the missing tooth and i haven't had any problems yet - it's kind of a nice place to store a peanut for later.  i'm wondering how much i really need that bridge, so i'm curious as to what other people think about it.

the best times i ever had in any city was in detroit.  there's a certain amount of respect you seem to get in detroit.  sort of a "you're not afraid to go out after dark, you must be alright.  but, also, i'm not gonna fuck with you just in case you're one of the crazy fuckers that's not afraid to go out after dark." vibe.  i'm pretty sure, roger, if you keep following the rabbit hole all the way down to the bottom, you will eventually find yourself in detroit.

i used to live in saint paul, too - there's a really awesome bar on the corner of 7th and Wacouta, but other than that, it pretty much sucks.  then i moved to a 1st tier 'burb north of minneapolis, that sucked even more.  i kinda miss flameburger, and being able to walk to the auto parts store in the time it took to smoke one cigarette was convenient.  but it's hard to sleep when someone sets your neighbor's truck on fire.  and $5.35 for a 12 ounce mug of tap beer (MGD) is fucking retarded.

i did some partying in chicago, but they seemed to proud of themselves there.  they're all, "ooooh - look at us, we live in chicago.  we're so urban!"

i'll take living in the Woods over the City any day.  sometimes i go weeks without seeing a stop light.

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Podcast 10  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gay_NY27vdE

lol gay

also, i've made 2 of these lists now and somehow managed to leave Angel Dust off of either one. This is unacceptable and I apologize.

Faith No More's finest album.

I would go so far as to say one of the finest rock albums ever.  What's amazing about that album is how they can do a country-western style crooning song like "RV" and a sludgy, Sabbathy metal song like "Jizzlober" and be 100% convincing with both.  They're all pretty much musical geniuses in my boat, but only really excel when they are all together. 

although i really like angel dust, i kind of think king for a day . . . is better.
please don't hate me.

holy shit - i can't believe i forgot all about "Weird" Al Yankovic - Dare to be Stupid
that definitely belongs in my top ten.

D12 cracks me up. Bizarre is da man.
"i ain't got no money, my job i been cheated,
my girlfriend had a miscarriage.
i had to eat it."

http://www.scribd.com/doc/23292230/Gods-Word

Any suggestions to make it more effective?

might wanna fix the "quotes" around the word "arrogance"

also:
there's a questionnaire floating around here somewhere that i can't seem to find.  with a bunch of "how would you rate your deity's effectiveness?" type questions.  if someone can find it and link it, i think that would be ideal to hand out to these guys.  especially if you did it all serious like - tell 'em it's for a school project, maybe?

P.S. - i like where this "Christ Club" thing is going.

orientate - i feel this should not be a word.  one does not get orientated or disorientated, one gets oriented or disoriented.  it pisses me off cuz i looked it up and it was in the dictionary. 

But then "Orientation" would be "Oriention", and that just sounds stupid.

i believe "Orientation" to be "Orient" with the suffix -ation at the end.  Much like "Lament" and "Lamentation"

"Lamentate" sounds even stupider (sic) than "Orientate"

the problem probably arises from thinking too much in terms of Masturbate and Masturbation.  As opposed to Relax and Relaxation.