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It's not quirkier than cheese rolling, but: Each memorial day weekend, we have a festival here called Runamucca, in which motorcyclists gather from all over the place. At the height of festivities, a new motorcycle is covered in gasoline and subsequently torched. Also, if you travel ninety minutes or so west from here there's a festival held each year in the middle of the desert. It's called Burning Man, but I'll hold off on explaining that one.

I still have a Power Macintosh 7200/90 (90 Mhz of processing power), which is about thirteen years old, as well as a G3 iMac at about ten years of age. My first computer was a Mac Plus (the computer was six years older than I was).

Originally Posted By: Alorael But not actually reading Arthur C. Clarke? You caught me: I've been reading his novels.

I've been reading up on Arthur C. Clarke.

Originally Posted By: Triumph I took it and ended up surprisingly close to where it says Ron Paul is...and I know I have serious disagreements with Ron Paul, so I'm not sure how accurate it is... That's one of the problems with the test: it leaves out issues such as monetary policy and gun control, which means it's a really rough approximation. Also, not much different since the last time I took this test: Economic: 10.00 Social: -7.79

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Congrats! Oddly enough, I'm reading that book right now.

Originally Posted By: Ephesos Well, do you want someone to sub for Kundak for the time after you leave? 'Cause we should be able to manage that. Sadly, the session isn't moving at this point. Yes, a sub will work. Thank you.

Hate to say this, but our choir concert got bumped to tomorrow night, so I'll only be around for the first two hours.

Click to reveal.. Name: Kundak Skylark Occupation: Battle Priest Race: Dragonborn Religion: Phol-Phoram Alignment: Magnanimous Strength: 2 Dexterity: 2 Intelligence: 7 HP: 19/20 (+2) Stamina: 7/10 Magic (Conjuration): 10 (+2) First Aid: 4 Magic (Divination): 3 Martial (Shuriken): 2 Diplomacy: 1

I will probably be three or more hours late.

I believe the fourth cartoon has something to do with the 1884 election cycle; hence Grover Cleveland in the white dress and James G. Blaine in the black dress. Though, I'm not entirely certain as to it's meaning. Perhaps it's referring to the sheer number of candidates named in both parties' conventions by comparing it to a beauty pageant. Samuel Tilden was notable for fighting the corruption of Tammany Hall, and for losing against Hayes. Grant was a president, of course. Blaine was a representative from Maine who lost against Grover Cleveland. Bayard and Butler were people who ran against Cleveland for the Democratic nomination (Tilden's name was mentioned. Bayard also became Cleveland's secretary of state). How Grant is related to those other names is beyond me. (<<has read Grover Cleveland's biography) Originally Posted By: Student of Trinity Excalibur, that cartoon deserved to win a prize. It's brilliant. Thank you.

I won first prize for my grade category in the national NewsCurrents Student Editorial Cartoon Contest. The prize comes along with a savings bond, though I don't know yet how much the bond is. Here is the cartoon.

The earliest I can do a session is the 19th, as I will be gone until then. Also, I do not find it fair for me to level up, as I let everyone down by not being there.

I think wraiths are cool, but there's also something appealing about vampires summoning other vampires.

I picked up Freakonomics at Barnes & Noble yesterday. I love anything contrary to conventional wisdom, and I especially like the whole abortion vs. crime correlation/causation.

Click to reveal.. Name: Kundak Skylark Occupation: Battle Priest Race: Dragonborn Religion: Phol-Phoram Alignment: Magnanimous Strength: 2 Dexterity: 2 Intelligence: 7 HP: 18/18 (+2) Stamina: 7/10 Magic (Conjuration): 8 (+2) First Aid: 4 Magic (Divination): 3 Martial (Shuriken): 2 Diplomacy: 1

I may be half an hour late, but I'm not certain about that.

I recently ate at a Chinese buffet. It was a great meal, and was topped off with the usual fortune cookie. I opened it, only to stare in disbelief at: Quote: Things are not always as they seem. It's not that bad! So, I'm wondering whether or not strange fortune cookies are an unusual occurrence. Have you ever had strange messages in fortune cookies before?

Kosher hot dogs > non-kosher hot dogs I don't like either kind, though.

This is exactly why I don't try applications like this. Plus, I don't like the whole webcam/Skype thing. I find it kind of awkward, especially when relatives dial me up.

Of course, that's not really the 200000th post made on these boards.

This is what happens when you surrender your sanity.

Very rapid breathing generally isn't considered an item.

New and crazy, and I'd love to see Exile III's item description of pants make a return.