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Reply to Have You Ever? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Tex, for my money, Jack's is the best frozen pizza for the price. It's pretty good, and it's usually 3 for $9 or 4 for $10 in the stores around here. DiGiorno's may have a bigger advertising campaign, but I prefer thinner-crust frozen pizzas, plus DiG's is something like $5.50 per 27-30 oz. pizza (where most of the extra weight is the crust that I don't care for anyway). The narrow miss was not nearly as heart-pounding as the cause for me st

Reply to Have You Ever? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Ocean Sunset? Yes. (In San Diego, while visiting a friend's family for Christmas.) Screendoor collision? Nope. Neighbor's trash? Yes. Not often, but if it's close to the can already, occasionally. Event hooky? Nope. Entire Pizza? Regularly. I eat Jack's full-size frozen pizzas for lunch. (19-21 oz, or 14", I think.) Theater misbehavior? No. Half a world away? Well, my l

Reply to the superior efficiency pulsed plasma generator in Pure Technology JoeUser Forums

Well, I am, unfortunately, not much of a physicist, but having reviewed the actual patent (available at The U.S. Patent Office Website ), it looks to me like it's a claim for a high-efficiency DC motor, wherein the high efficiency aspect is hypothesized to be because of some extremely esoteric sub-atomic physics that the author of the patent doesn't seem to really understand himself. At several points it appears to stra

Reply to Should This Freak Me Out? in Misc JoeUser Forums

Tex, If you register a formal harassment issue with the phone company, I don't think they are allowed to charge you for any detective work they do on your behalf.

Reply to Star Wars Episode III in Movies & TV & Books JoeUser Forums

I believe that the Title ("A New Hope") was present, but the Label ("Episode IV") was not.

Reply to Does anybody care about this? in Politics JoeUser Forums

guilty of the very same things you've accused me (not me specifically, but liberals in general) of doing: of not being willing to face the truth I don't need to listen to you (i.e. liberals in general) all day, every day to understand that you think you've got a stranglehold on the truth and are bound a

Reply to Somebody make him shut up please in Humor JoeUser Forums

Great line, IG!

Reply to is your tap water drinkable ? in Health & Medicine JoeUser Forums

I haven't died from drinking the tap water around here yet, and I haven't heard anything else bad about it, either.

Reply to Another debate opinion in Politics JoeUser Forums

drmiler, just in case you ever get back to this: If the purpose of a shotgun that costs $10k is to fire shot, then sure, I'll take it out and shoot it. I'll be damn careful with it, but I'll shoot it. If its purpose is to look pretty on someone's mantel, then it's not really a shotgun, it's a shotgun-shaped piece of art. I'm a big believer in using things for the purpose for which they were created....

Reply to Should This Freak Me Out? in Misc JoeUser Forums

Personally, I love getting surveyed, but I hate being canvassed. I think I got one of each this year, both from the Republicans.

Reply to What kind of god are you? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

I got: You earthly time was spent: Supplanting kingdoms, punishing tyrants and levelling the empires of the wicked with the breath of your nostrils Your throne is: A great mountain wreathed in silver cloud, attended by angelic beings of light, arced with lightning and bathed in glory You wear: Nothing, because you don't have a body, you insubstantial beast, you Your Godly superpower is: The knowledge of and answer to all questio

Reply to Doesn't it Figure? -- My 100th Article in Blogging JoeUser Forums

shades, just a quick fix for your link: http://talisein.livejournal.com I like to think I'm one of those people who are nice and friendly all the time. Okay, I don't smile much, but I'm pretty approachable. And no, I don't have any emotional turmoil. Sorry.

Reply to Should This Freak Me Out? in Misc JoeUser Forums

I'd say you should not be freaked out by it, but you should go ahead and take further action on it if it happens again.

Reply to I deleted my computer in Personal Computing JoeUser Forums

I'm gonna go out on a limb and say that you're using WIndows XP. That means you ran afoul of the "System Restore" feature, that quietly puts back things it thinks you need when you delete them.... And MRxSMB is WIndows' built-in file and print sharing service, btw. You should boot into safe mode to do your virus scanning.

Reply to Someone 'Splain Me Some in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Interesting article, and a laudable willingness for self-examination that seems to be sadly lacking in many Democrats (and Republicans too, only they have less call for it at the moment) these days. To answer your questions from a generally conservative point of view: 1) Morally wrong to go into Iraq: a) pre-emptiveness: I am certainly willing to admit that the evidence that was used was faulty and that Saddam actually presented

Reply to All marriage is unconstitutional! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Hmm, that does rather put a dent in things, doesn't it? But I would argue that marriage is a religious invention, which the State has merely co-opted; much like Christmas was a religious observance, but is now a federal holiday. True, you don't need a religion to get married, but marriage according to religious custom is extremely common. I'm sure a lot more legal wrangling would be necessary, but I think the argument could be successful.<br

Reply to All marriage is unconstitutional! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Oh yeah, Marv, since you gave me nothing else to work with: it's "ridiculous". First vowel is an I, not an E.

Reply to Happy Birthday To... *meh* in Just Hanging Out JoeUser Forums

After enough sangria, you'll think it does....

Reply to All marriage is unconstitutional! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Marvin, if you could produce a little bit of actual evidence or argument for your boldly stated claim as it regards this article, I think you'd go a long way towards restoring a little bit of credibility. In the meantime, however, if that's the best you can muster in opposition to my idea, I will take it as a further indicator of the strength of my position.

Reply to All marriage is unconstitutional! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Moral relativism is a problem that should be addressed by religion or by family, not by the state. The state should be passing laws about things not because they are immoral, but because they are harmful to others in some way, shape, or form. And I don't see it as a question of offensiveness, but of fairness and equal rights under the law. I agree wholeheartedly with the idea that legislating inoffensiveness is wrongheaded and stupid. (Th

Reply to Too much relegion in politics? in Democrat JoeUser Forums

Psikotic, I don't see murder as something that is strictly "the Lord's law"....

All marriage is unconstitutional! in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Yes, you read that right. I claim that ALL marriages, as currently defined, are unconstitutional. Gay, straight, nonagenarian, octopoid, whatever. Doesn't matter, it's all unconstitutional. How did I arrive at this extreme conclusion? It's actually pretty simple: 1) The First Amendment states, in relevant part, that "Congress shall make no law

Reply to HOMOSEXUALS UTTERLY REJECTED in Current Events JoeUser Forums

Oh, I can't believe I forgot the 14th amendment: No State shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any State deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.

Reply to My Good-looking Guy in Family Photos JoeUser Forums

I'm not so sure your kids would go for that, though....

Reply to HOMOSEXUALS UTTERLY REJECTED in Current Events JoeUser Forums

If somebody can find the section of the constitution that gives homosexuals the right to marry Messy Buu, First of all, how about the "catch-all" amendments: Amendment IX: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by