Stuff that doesn't deserve its own thread but wants/needs to be said anyway shall be instigated herein.

I'm currently in the starts of a 10-15 page law paper on my laptop with an additional monitor for following my outlines to my left. In the background is the big screen HDTV where I will watch the Pistons on ESPNHD while writing this paper. Basically, considering the paper-writing circumstances, I am in the best possible position I can be and I am happy.

And I've hit a block.

Oh hey, the game is going to start.

Just what we need. Another lawyer.

Nah, it's only a law class dealing with business law.

Oh. Nevermind.

I've eaten more chocolate today than I probably have all year. My mother just will not let Easter go away.

I wonder what will happen when I tell her that my faith in Jesus the Christ is tenuous, at best.

She will pretend she never heard you say it and then change the subject.

That's what my mom does.

I think that people who observe Easter by making it into another Hallmark Holliday probably don't REALLY believe either. The ritual makes it look like they do.
I could be wrong.

People really just don't get the true meaning of Easter.

I rarely see ANY Easter egg hunts anymore.

No shit. Don;t people know why Jesus died anymore? There's no better way to commemmorate the crucifixion of The Savior than finding a plastic egg with a penny in it under a pile of leaves.

The South Park episode on that is one of the best, btw. Peter Rabbit was obviously the first pope.

What about Br'er Rabbot? Or how about Jessica Rabbit?

random...

I just watched a bird fly by while Rip was shooting a FT.

I am in the basement. No windows in this bitch.

I guess a bird could come down here if it chose to do so...

http://i45.photobucket.com/albums/f53/boneyboy420/Misc/poperock.jpg

No shit. Don;t people know why Jesus died anymore? There's no better way to commemmorate the crucifixion of The Savior than finding a plastic egg with a penny in it under a pile of leaves.

You're 100% right, as usual.

http://dogs.thefuntimesguide.com/images/tips/easter-eggs-in-grass.jpg

Easter is actually a Pagan holiday ripped off by Christians. Direct ties can be traced as far back as Egypt around 3000BC if I remember right. It has to do with the sun shifting in the sky as viewed in the Northern hemisphere. At the winter solstice the sun sits at it's lowest point for what is perceivably three days which is why Jesus is said to have been dead for three days before rising, just like the sun. Sorry that was probably too intellectual for the point of this thread but I felt like saying it.

Easter is actually a Pagan holiday ripped off by Christians. Direct ties can be traced as far back as Egypt around 3000BC if I remember right. It has to do with the sun shifting in the sky as viewed in the Northern hemisphere. At the winter solstice the sun sits at it's lowest point for what is perceivably three days which is why Jesus is said to have been dead for three days before rising, just like the sun. Sorry that was probably too intellectual for the point of this thread but I felt like saying it.

All intellectual points are welcome in this thread.




Except for "bukdow." Also, Jesus is sort of ripped off of other Pagan gods too, it would appear.

The intellectual can be just as shit as any other view.

Also, Jesus is sort of ripped off of other Pagan gods too, it would appear.

You can make comparisons between any and all religious icon(s).

The intellectual can be just as shit as any other view.

[smilie=blaha.gif] :cogent:

Sorry that was probably too intellectual for the point of this thread but I felt like saying it.

LOL! Sorry, but I'm calling bullshit.

I'd like to see proof to back up those claims.

http://imagecache2.allposters.com/images/ADVG/479.jpg

You can make comparisons between any and all religious icon(s).

BUT CAN'T YOU SEE?! JESSUS IS TEH ONE!

http://www.importadoravolta.cl/my%20pictures/neo1.jpg



In seriousness, a lot of Catholic values presented by the actions of "Jesus" are good in my moral book (which is as flawed as any), but that does not mean that a lot of Catholics are necessarily good in the same manner.

Jesus is a better actor than Keanu Reeves.

GAME!

LOL! Sorry, but I'm calling bullshit.

I'd like to see proof to back up those claims.



Very informative video about the relations between different religions over the years, and how ultimately they are all based around the sun and stars. Don't watch if you fear questioning your faith, I know one devout Christian who hasn't gone to church after watching this. (the whole movie)

BNf-P_5u_Hw

lol. I watched Zeitgeist. I want to see the sources behind it, but I doubt they just made it up and have the research to back it up (the religion part, anyhow). That's part of what's severely weakened my faith as well.

http://zeitgeistmovie.com/sources.htm

I'm not watching that shit. Too long and I refuse to have my faith in the Easter Bunny questioned.

That's part of what's severely weakened my faith as well.

Sounds like you were never really a strong believer to begin with.

I know religious people who will not allow anything to question their beliefs or weaken them.

Or maybe you're just not hard headed.

Thanks UxKa, I'll give that a runthrough Wednesday probably. I'm too hella busy with this paper and studying until then to really look into it, though.

I know religious people who would not allow anything to make them question their beliefs or weaken them.

You know what I call those people?

Stupid.

j/k
sorta

http://zeitgeistmovie.com/sources.htm

The Easter Bunny still loves you, UxKa.

Wow, this paper is coming together surprisingly well, granted I can later find the right source to back all my claims on youth character development. Probably the best paper I've written so far, probably somehow relates to the amount of work I'm putting into it.

Then again, I'm only 3 pages in so it has a lot of time to get worse.

Like the Pistons in the playoffs? :D

Like the Pistons in the playoffs? :D

Money.

The Easter Bunny still loves you, UxKa.

The femalien took the lil one for a mall Easter Bunny pic, and he looks like pedobear with bigger ears. Easter Bunny is a pedo, livin up all those young bootys he gets on his lap.

That's Santa!

There are so many lurkers here.

I hope some of them come here every day for a dose of comedy.

Jesus reads The Smithsonian.

Welcome back, Ux.

"Easter" comes from "Oestre" who was the ancient fertility goddess worshiped by the Britons pre-Christianity. She had raucous, joyful sex with nature and gave birth every year, which brought about springtime. Eggs were symbolic of Oestre (because they represent birth) and so were rabbits (who represent raucous, joyful sex). None of this shit has anything to do with Jesus. It's just a run-of-the-mill pagan spring festival.

People really just don't get the true meaning of Easter.
http://img235.imageshack.us/img235/4094/58104692gg2.jpg

You mean this?

Wow, I cannot wait until this weekend.

Well, technically I can, but waiting is not preferred.

UxKa bringing some hardware with his return. I can't watch the video UxKa gave us, since I'm in class. BUT, I'm sure it backs up my claim that modern religion is nothing more than handed down, borrowed, plagiarized, or made up mythology. Nothing wrong with that, just fucking admit it. It sure beats trying to convince a thinking six year old that snakes could talk people into eating apples.

And that the snake talking the person into eating an apple could destroy the world as they knew it.

sigh

About halfway through my paper on violent video games and that they should be treated more strictly so as to stay out of the hands of developing minds.

The part that really sucks is I have a test tomorrow in this same class. The paper's not due til Weds morning, however, so I'm not totally fukked.

I had something like that recently. 10 page paper due in a class on the same day we had an exam worth 25% of our final grade. Very lame.

And that the snake talking the person into eating an apple could destroy the world as they knew it.

Well, why don't he DO it then?

Bullshit (http://sports.yahoo.com/nba/blog/ball_dont_lie/post/Jason-Maxiell-eats-babies-Tyson-Chandler?urn=nba,72020)

OH WHAT THE FUCK?! That's some serious bullshit right there, Vinny. Kick some ass.

Fuck that shit!

what shit?

That shit.

YEAH! DETROIT ROCK CITY! YEAH! GET THAT SHIT FUCKED

I'd never seen this one before. Crazy:





I cdnuolt blveiee taht I cluod aulaclty uesdnatnrd waht I was rdanieg. The phaonmneal pweor of the hmuan mnid Aoccdrnig to rscheearch at Cmabrigde Uinervtisy, it deosn't mttaer in waht oredr the ltteers in a wrod are, the olny iprmoatnt tihng is taht the frist and lsat ltteer be in the rghit pclae. The rset can be a taotl mses and you can sitll raed it wouthit a porbelm. Tihs is bcuseae the huamn mnid deos not raed ervey lteter by istlef, but the wrod as a wlohe. Amzanig huh?

Yaeh I lkie thsoe a lot. If olny the wolhe wrold was so esay....

I think I'm having flashbacks to 2006.

Relaly? wlel tehn are the Tgiers ginog to the Wrold Sireis aiagn?

I'm going to postpone my intake of beer for a while.

I'm going to postpone my intake of beer for a while.

You maen uitnl Fdriay?

Sorry, I'll stop.

I'm hoping for a lil longer than that. God damn I can drink a lot of beer. I come home from a hard days work, thirsty as hell, the Pistons may or may not be coming on and whats better than having a 15-20 beers?

Truth is, my scale says I'm pushing 240, can't go there.

That's one good thing I can say I've accomplished by never drinking beer: I don't have that basketball-sized rock-hard gut that begins right below the solar plexus. Everyone I know who is a big beer drinker gets that bloated stomach right below the rib cage that makes them miserable.

That's one good thing I can say I've accomplished by never drinking beer: I don't have that basketball-sized rock-hard gut that begins right below the solar plexus. Everyone I know who is a big beer drinker gets that bloated stomach right below the rib cage that makes them miserable.
I love beer, but I don't drink a lot of it. Usually I'll have a beer when we go out to eat (whatever is good on tap), but rarely at home (unless I have a friend over). I don't want a beer gut, and I don't want it to cost me 100 bucks at the bar to get drunk either. If you can't get drunk off a 6 pack then you're drinking too much IMO (of course time is a factor, but I'm basing that off about 4 hours or so). (of course wieght is also a factor, I'm only about 170).

I only drink socially, so I don't drink a lot of beer. I usually only have about 3 per event, mostly because I'm poor and I weigh under 150lbs so 3 in a quick time span gives me that slight buzz which is where I usually stop.

...If you can't get drunk off a 6 pack then you're drinking too much IMO (of course time is a factor, but I'm basing that off about 4 hours or so). (of course wieght is also a factor, I'm only about 170).

The first time I ever got drunk I was 14, weighed probably 140, and took down almost a case. I didn't get sick or pass out or have a hangover the next day. Point is, different people have different tolerances. If I drank a sixer now I might not even be able to tell you if it's non-alcoholic if it was a blind test.

thats me too Ux.

. If you can't get drunk off a 6 pack then you're drinking too much IMO .


Gonna have to disagree with you here. At different points in our lives we drink more than others. As a senior in college with less than a month to go, i can tell you that a 6 pack in an hour will have no affect on me whatsoever. Once i start working, im sure my tolerance will go down. But, you cant just staple everyone into one group like that.

PS: I do drink a lot of beer, but i hate sitting there and drinking it. I need to be occupied with a convo, playing a game, or something like that. Simply watching a game and getting drunk makes me feel silly.

I can't drink more than two beers without feeling full. I don't even really drink anymore, but if I ever want to get a buzz going, it's got to be off shots. I can't do the beer thing. And I love (good) beer.

I usually will start to feel it about 8, then get drunk after about 15. That's usually when I quit. It should be noted that I only drink on weekends, I'm not sure how I'd be sitting if I drank every day.

When I work and sweat all day long, I'm pissin syrup by 4pm. So the first 4-6 are just for hydrating purposes, the next 6 are for the enjoyment of kicking back, playing COD4 (or whatever).

I've also been drinking Coors Light for the first set then on to a Sierra Nevada type of thing.

That's one advantage to drinking Guinness: you'll feel like you just drank a loaf of bread long before you feel like you got drunk.

Robcat, I've missed your sig.

Tahoe, just an FYI, beer actually dehydrates you. That's why people get hangovers. They're just caused by extreme dehydration.

Tahoe, just an FYI, beer actually dehydrates you. That's why people get hangovers. They're just caused by extreme dehydration.

http://www.upi.com/NewsTrack/Health/2007/11/02/study_beer_beats_water_for_hydration/7563/

Sounds like Tahoe's post-work satisfaction to me...

Yes, hangovers are still caused by dehydration.

I am watching Animal Planet and watching various cat species pwn at life.

That was on last night I think? Is there a leopard who lost its cub?

If it was, I missed that part.

On a side note, good lord is Friday daytime television terrible.

You know what I'd really like to see a video of?

Dana Carvey, as George Bush the Elder, saying "Not gonna do it....wouldn't be CO-Gent!"