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I donated blood in Life Journals JoeUser Forums

Not too long ago I donated blood. I sat down and immediately wished that I'd drank some more water before, due to a salty-dry taste in my mouth (from eating fast food crap right before, none less). The pain was relatively minor. I've had IV's and shots before, and it felt just like an IV. This means that it wasn't too bad, but not something I'd do for fun. It took about ten minutes by my reckoning (Probably 5). It was my first time donating, but I didn't feel too bad. Until about four hours w

Angels and Demons Review (Spoilers) in Movie Reviews JoeUser Forums

Angels and Demons is a violent film. And I'm not just referring to the shoot and kill, either. With the one exception of romance, there is every type of passion in this film, and plenty of it. Emotion, intellect, and brute force come together to make one great movie experience. Some good things in Angels and Demons were practically everything. Wonderful quality and presentation mix to bring an enthralling, engaging experience. The special effects and light science-fiction feel at some

Reply to Difficult To Admit in Politics Stardock Forums

Good one.

Reply to President Has Canceled The National Day of Prayer in Current Events Stardock Forums

Obama is so Christian that I fear for freedom of religion under him. After all, what about freedom of firearms?

Reply to Napolitano's Resignation Calls in US Domestic JoeUser Forums

@JD: I'd appreciate if you would be constructive and comment, rather than spamming . It's one thing to link to yourself. It's another entirely to post on a discussion, without any real actual, y'know, relation to the topic, and in mighty poor formatting too, I may say. Blacklisted. You should know better.

Writing A Webcomic in Entertainment JoeUser Forums

There are a few steps to making a webcomic: Get Hosting: I personally recommend ComicFury (www.comicfury.com), as it requires little ID and is the lightest in hosting restrictions I've found. Get Tools: Do not pirate/use educational versions of Photoshop or Illustrator (or any other commercial product) to draw a webcomic. If you make any money off of it, you can be in trouble. Use GIMP, Inkscape, or another free program (I just listed my two favorites

Reply to Demigod: So much for piracy in Demigod Journals JoeUser Forums

I had someone I know ask me to torrent Demigod. Now, normally, I'd hem and haw, and wind up waiting for him to forget (doesn't take long), but I flat out told him no this time. I dunno what effect it had, but I think he won't pirate it. Though I probably have too much faith in him.

Reply to When pure isn’t pure in Demigod Journals JoeUser Forums

Ironically, I would've posted, but the need to register threw me off.

Reply to How hard is it to access internet pornography? in Internet Stardock Forums

That's how I consider my addiction beaten. But I still believe that if it were not totally easy to access, it would have prevented exposure in me and others. I mean, I almost have to try not to find it.

Feelgood Faith in Religion JoeUser Forums

Okay, so I'm writing again. It's been a little while since I've written a theology piece, but I've been playing some Dwarf Fortress (which means I get a lot of idle brainpower time), so I've prepared an article on "Feelgood Faith" Imagine that there is a town named Feelgood. In this town people only do things when they want to. It's in a decent climate, and people don't complain that much. However, they find that there is a dearth of exciting new innovations coming out of their town,

Reply to Smith & Tinker: New MechCommander? in PC Gaming JoeUser Forums

They have Shadowrun too. I hope they do some stuff with it. And MechWarrior.

Reply to The American Inquisition in Politics Stardock Forums

Sorry for double posting, but it won't edit. When I say civil, I don't mean luxury. I mean solitary cell, a jail uniform, and bread and water.

Reply to The American Inquisition in Politics Stardock Forums

[quote]Please cite an example of their benevolence in the treatment levied toward our soldiers (or civilians).[/quote] I can't, but does that justify us mistreating them? Should we mistreat them simply because they mistreat us? Who is the better man then?

Reply to How hard is it to access internet pornography? in Internet Stardock Forums

Yep.I would come home from school, and go on the internet, and become worthless. It would be the only thing I'd want to do. And if somebody wanted to keep me from it? It was not happy for me. I would become easily bored and detatched, and I wouldn't be paying attention because I'd be thinking about my favorite videos.

Reply to How hard is it to access internet pornography? in Internet JoeUser Forums

[quote]Porn is legal here, therefore there is a choice to look, or not to look. That is up to the individual. What we don't want is some do-gooder imposing their prudish views on everyone else.[/quote] Legal if not distributed to minors, which I can tell you through experience has happened. [quote]So you CAN relate to at least one female without viewing them as an object?[/quote] Yes, but how can I? [quote]I'm also curious...where was your mother when you were

Reply to The American Inquisition in Politics Stardock Forums

I agree with your statements. While the terrorists don't have rights because they give them up, who are we to torture them? We should be civil so that they will be, but be vigilant in case they aren't.

Reply to How hard is it to access internet pornography? in Internet Stardock Forums

[quote] At the risk of sounding like a caricature of a psychiatrist, how is your relationship with your mother? [/quote] Not too shabby. Other than keeping the secret, since I'm not sure how she'd take it, and I don't want to hurt her. It's nothing sexual, no. [quote]The man wants law enforcement for the internet.[/quote] Actually, I want webmasters to follow the damn rules already. [quote]Stop the porn - bye a good firewall and take charge of what is on your

Reply to How hard is it to access internet pornography? in Internet Stardock Forums

[quote]Can you just name or post links to your so called "clean sites"?[/quote] Off the first yahoo hit for music, I got a blog, and a link from a comment did not lead to the advertised music site. And I can tell you, after a year or two I was only for the porn, I didn't care about sex. Just porn. Not women, just porn. [quote]I was an early bloomer and I lusted after women long before I ever saw porn[/quote] So did I. I just never wanted anything other than a quick

Reply to To Magic or not to Magic in Books Stardock Forums

Magic is the spice of fiction. *coughShadowruncough* Many series have been able to survive disasters *coughShadowrunfor360coughGeorgeLucaswritingcough* by pure merit of their universe being so darn interesting. Just be sure to make it something interesting Being a Christian too, I believe that there is no wrong with magic in fiction, so long as it does not claim any connection to reality. You can define it yourself. For instance, make like D&D and make it the result o

Reply to PC or Mac? in Life Journals Stardock Forums

17" is a ton. I had a 17" laptop, and used it for gaming. It was about the same as carrying a small normal computer in terms of weight, though. If you could find a 15" Windows, go for it.

Reply to How hard is it to access internet pornography? in Internet Stardock Forums

I spent four years controlled by porn. I first was exposed at eight, and I became addicted at twelve. I believe very strongly that it leads to a devaluation of everyone. Even in the less dark material, I saw my view shift to the point that I could no longer talk to a woman professionally or personally. I couldn't look at a woman and truthfully say that I loved her, because I didn't. I just lusted after her. I didn't hold my own will. It was as freely altered by the porn as by

Reply to Found on Internet in Internet JoeUser Forums

Now I can't stop laughing.

Reply to How hard is it to access internet pornography? in Internet Stardock Forums

[quote]how do you propose to police it?[/quote] Make it so that all sites have to sign up on a universally available filter network so that they can be blocked or put past secure age gates in countries in which they are disallowed.

Reply to Why the Wii doesn't abandon the core in Everything Else JoeUser Forums

But you are forgetting, the old games that sold 10 years ago still are loved by many core gamers.

Reply to Windows 7, Secret Feature revealed.... in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

[quote]Yeah but too bad that windows 7 is hyper glitched and your system can be hyjacked by a 3kb program that bypasses the HDD[/quote] That sounds a mite like a BIOS to me, but I digress.