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Reply to The Fire in Poetry JoeUser Forums

the poem - warm, sad and flowing - like the fire thanks

Reply to Is This Really All There Is? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Yes Mason, I see your point. I don't think we've hit a brick wall of knowledge. There's just not that same sense of discovery and adventure generally in the scientific community. If we put the same money, energy and enthusiasm into basic science that we do into discovering the umpteenth anti-inflammatory, blood pressure, or erectile dysfuction pill who knows what the spin-offs might be. When I was a boy, I fully expected we'd be building interstellar spaceships, travelling through ti

Reply to A Boy's Prayer in Poetry JoeUser Forums

-thanks "Put Your Lights On" Santana & Everlast after a heart attack in '98 Hey now, all you sinners Put your lights on, put your lights on Hey now, all you lovers Put your lights on, put your lights on Hey now, all you killers Put your lights on, put your lights on Hey now, all you children Leave your lights on, you better leave your lights on Cause there's a monster living under my bed Whispering in my e

Reply to Better a Mail Man in Heaven, than a ruler in Hell.... in Misc JoeUser Forums

Ever seen the really big grasshoppers we have down here in Florida? They're three times the size of a locust. enough Mason! I mean it!

Reply to Better a Mail Man in Heaven, than a ruler in Hell.... in Misc JoeUser Forums

And I always thought a locust was just a big grasshopper! That is some scary shit. Now I'm going to have to read some Steven King just to get that picture outta my head. I don't want to have nightmares too. Of course it's good! That's why it's so scary.

Reply to I Blew It Again! in Marital Issues JoeUser Forums

thanks Mason , sometimes human grace comes pretty damned close to divine. God bless comic relief.

Reply to A Real Man in Misc JoeUser Forums

This reminds me of the way people dance to get past each other, ...I modified my reply after you replied to it. Oh well, at least we didn't butt heads.

Reply to A Real Man in Misc JoeUser Forums

its the embed text box, right on the youtube page for the video, just below identifying info, tags and URL. Just copy and paste. --actually, it didn't work on reply, only when I did it under EDIT after the fact.

Reply to I Blew It Again! in Marital Issues JoeUser Forums

Hope springs eternal in the human breast; Man never Is, but always To be blest: The soul, uneasy and confin'd from home, Rests and expatiates in a life to come. -Alexander Pope, An Essay on Man, Epistle I, 1733 I didn't know that about Shakespeare. Thanks. Pope probably also deserves capitalization. I read the Shawshank Redemption by Steven King many (13) years a

Reply to A Real Man in Misc JoeUser Forums

...and now, for something completely different:

Reply to the Guilt that Luck Would Bring in Parenting JoeUser Forums

Just pass it on to your kids. Pay it forward. Beautiful piece.

Reply to 5000 miles from home in Writing JoeUser Forums

I'm only 200 miles away from my wife, who just lost her mother and is getting the house ready for transfer of ownership. I felt closer to my wife reading your poem. Thanks.

Reply to Corel Draw x3 Vs. Adobe Photoshop CS2 Vs. Whatever in Misc JoeUser Forums

It's not necessarily a substitute for commercial paint programs, but make sure you check out the freeware Paint.net and install the plugins. The Codelab plugin has lots of example code and lets you program your own plugins. Some C# knowledge is required, but you can start by tweaking the existing examples. You can do some truly amazing textures. For 3D stuff try freeware POVray and use the beta modeller Bishop3D with it. Great quality 3D for

Reply to Shine a Light in Poetry JoeUser Forums

everyone down here thinks I'm stuck. But I know You see my progress. Someone once told me that recovery (and growth in general) was cummulative. We see life through a microscope. When it sometimes appears that we are making little difference in our lives and the lives of others, when it looks like we're failing, the reality is quite different. A series of "failed" encounters amd "failed" experiences often adds up to success. Thanks o

A Boy's Prayer in Poetry JoeUser Forums

"I dare not try to make the angels cry," thought he, "because I'm scared they might get mad at me. Instead I hope that soon I might be safe, away from fear and shame and also hate ...and not to carry this alone but share the load." Someday inside these words if truth be told

Reply to I Ain’t Hip Hop in Poetry JoeUser Forums

. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you.

Reply to Moderate Man is in the Hospital in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

A penis said to the testicals, "We’re going to a party!" "You fucking liar," the testicals said. "You always get in and leave us outside." Nice short penis joke. Turned out the party was a disappointment anyway because the penis was: a. Performing the Flaccido Domingo b. Not rising to the level of an impeachable offense c. Disappointing Miss Daisy d. Having Ascension Deficit Disorder e. Acting like a Less-than-Magic Joh

Reply to I Ain’t Hip Hop in Poetry JoeUser Forums

Ah doo feel yo pain brutha. Keep on holding that candle against that void. It's my void too. Avoid the void. Amazing.

Reply to I Blew It Again! in Marital Issues JoeUser Forums

We could compare our indiscretions. How much happier, though, that I can identify with your astonishment and gratitude and know exactly what you mean and how you feel. I too have been in receipt of God's Grace. Most often this comes through the people who care. I too am grateful. ...and like the poet said, "Hope springs eternal."

Reply to I'm loving it. in Misc JoeUser Forums

Isn't it great to be alive and to touch the lives of others. My wife does shift-care nursing and thats exactly how she feels about her lady with osteogenesis imperfecta who is on a respirator at home. These sound like great people. Love them, relish the experience.

Reply to So...what TBS or RTS games are your current favourites? in Strategy JoeUser Forums

Puerto Rico - a so so commercial implementation (by Dartmoor - Reactor 2004) of an extremely popular strategy board game. As such it is a turn-based strategy game where resources are managed and shipped, and buildings built all for victory points. I like managing resources.

Reply to Moderate Man is in the Hospital in Personal Relationships JoeUser Forums

T'was a sexual addict named Bill Who with unimpeachable thrill If you happened to phone him As his intern was blow'n him Had a voice that was sometimes quite shrill (Best wishes MM)

Reply to The Cosmic Truth in Life JoeUser Forums

Nice. Reality trumps all. Reminds me of John Goodman's character in "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" knocking the shit out of George Clooney and company as they were philosophising.

Reply to When will this ever end?? in Blogging JoeUser Forums

Here's the link for those certifiably confused or frustrated by my post above.