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antigeekess

Bonus Blog: Who Told These People They Could Write?

I'll just eat Cheetos and watch. :)
— October 18, 2009 11:36 a.m.

got paranormal activity?

Re #22: "i would like to see a centaur...I'd make that sucker glow!!!" nan!!! We'll have no interspecies nookie on this site! LOL. Your aunt must have been beautiful if she was Mary Pickford's double. For those unfamiliar with Pickford... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6iv8hApxvi8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=35FxD5orb3Q&featur… (This last one clearly narrated by Whoopi, although the sidebar doesn't say so.) nan, do you know what type of double your aunt was for Pickford? Was it for blocking, lighting and such? I was trying to find a vid that might possibly have included her. She wouldn't have been a stunt double, I don't believe. Men did that, even for female actors, all the way until at least the 70s or 80s. (Besides the fact that I don't think her characters would've been doing a lot of stunts.)
— October 18, 2009 11:30 a.m.

A Man Can't Just Sit Around

Another great piece, gringo. I remember the Larry Walters story as well, and was a HUGE fan! I thought it was just the greatest thing I'd ever heard of. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bW5ZLFHTwLc I had no idea how he met his end. How very sad. It's too bad Larry didn't hook up with the imitators he inspired. He would have been a god to these folks. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XpRrVH8Kskg
— October 18, 2009 11:15 a.m.

South Park Cat Tales: #1

Awww, beautiful kitties. Like Yin and Yang, all curled together like that. I know Siamese are 'supposed' to be the most talkative, but I really think that any cat that's talked to a lot will become very vocal and talk back. Case in point: My ex-roommate's cat, a large green-eyed black panther named Joe. Never said a word before I got there. By the time I left, he never shut up. The roommate was 'very' appreciative. http://files.byondhome.com/Teka123/2008-12/Icewar… :)
— October 18, 2009 10:48 a.m.

Cuddle queried: "What does it all mean????" Now THAT could take you the rest of your life to study, Cuddle. :) I'm no expert occultist or Kabbalist, by any stretch... http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kabbalah But I can tell you that the tetragrammaton refers to the "hidden name of God," which was why it was forbidden to speak it. To speak it is to profane it. Same thing as the commandment about "taking the Lord's name in vain." Although, with the intricacies of language and difficulties of translation, I also wonder if a more correct translation of that concept is what you find in Taoism, which tells us that "The Tao that can be spoken is not the eternal Tao" -- that is, it's not that it's forbidden, but rather that it's impossible. It can't be put into words. It's ineffable. That is, Cuddle, I wonder if a lot of what are perceived as "commandments" and "orders" by the God of the Bible aren't rather more like what you generally see in Taoism -- just observations about The Way Things Are, as Benjamin Hoff might say. http://www.amazon.com/Tao-Pooh-Benjamin-Hoff/dp/B… (I've studied Taoism with a so-called "expert" at ASU, and this adorable, entertaining little book is STILL a better education on the subject than what I received there, as far as I'm concerned.) But back to your tetragrammaton. Are you sure that's a FIVE-pointed star you have around your neck? Most curious.
— October 18, 2009 10:37 a.m.