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Kylie Minogue.

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<r>Not writing a paper, no, just up to the challenge of trying my best to pin down and define something on which there seems to be quite a frustrating lack of any kind of consensus. And I'm not totally new here. Some of the other posters here have actually known me for a while, not that a...

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Thanks.

I'm certainly familiar with those names. And I'll look into those, though, do Morgan Llewellyn or Silver Ravenwolf (for example) necessarily speak for all or most Wiccans? This has been the problem with trying to research Wicca using sources actually by Wiccans.

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<t>I'm wondering if there are any good books out there that: 1. Gives some honest, clear information about the origins of Wicca and modern witchcraft in general, concentrating on separating fact from fiction, not necessarily defending Wicca, and citing primary sources, not some book that ...

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<t>I can't remember what I had last Thanksgiving, but it was at a restaurant, and I actually don't think it was turkey. My brother's mother-in-law-to-be takes everyone to Las Vegas on Thanksgiving and now apparently this is something that's supposed to happen every year for the rest of our lives as ...

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<r>Katy1 wrote: Seems far more prevalent among Catholic priests than other religious instructors. It does indeed seem that way because you hear so much about it, but is it in fact? I don't know myself, I was just wondering if there are any reliable figures on the matter. K...

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<t>The Catholic Church's inability and unwillingness to deal with the problem has certainly set an excellent example of how not to handle a crisis, but this particular document has been portrayed deceptively (and for quite a while now.) If you read more than just the parts which are marked, you see ...

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<t>While I understand why people are outraged by this, I think the vast majority of the reactions I've seen would have been more appropriate if these boys were 8 or 9 rather than 16. This isn't pedophilia. This is extreme indiscretion. It is sleazy and unprofessional and would defenitely be grounds ...

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Stability.

High marks for decisiveness and a good sense of humor as well.

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<t>spot wrote: As is, presumably, this masquerader. I think probably so too. An Austrian friend of mine who recently visisted China wasn't even able to send me an e-mail while she was there since communications to the U.S. were so strictly controlled. I'm not sure exactly how the system works b...

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<t>We have an anually recurring one in my part of California. Of course, I've missed it the last two years being out of the country. I hear they moved it a short distance to a less dirty location than they always had it before. This I have to see to believe, I'd begun calling it the dirt fair (was s...

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<t>William Ess wrote: It is one thing for a priest to advise his parishioners - that, indeed, is one of the things that he is there for - but it is quite another for him to advise them to plot against the state and encourage them to plant bombs. There is no connection between the two. I could n...

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<t>William Ess wrote: At best they might strongly advise against attending and give their reasons. It would not however be binding. If (hypothetical scenario) they did just that - no threats, no calls for violent protests, just advice and the reasons why they felt they way they did - they would...

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<t>Lulu2 wrote: My issue with this is simple...Madonna is selling tickets to a concert which is optional and not mandatory. If the Catholics don't like what they HEAR about the possible program Madonna has prepared, they certainly aren't compelled to attend. And if a Catholic priest stopped at ...

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<t>She sounds pretty weak and indecisive. Women (and men too, actually) who say they're not ready for or looking for a relationship will usually make an exception right away for someone they're really attracted to. I'd say forget about her and look for someone else who has a better idea what she wan...

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Peg wrote: How on earth could you forget about the garden? :wah:
Somehow I tend to only remember totally pointless things. It says a lot for your garden that I didn't. :p

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<t>Sooooooooooo... what you're basically saying is that American magazines are as inane as magazines are pretty much all over the rest of the world? Does that actually surprise anyone? I'd say the main difference here is Americans are more likely to be suspect their own press o...

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<t>Actually, I've been back home almost two months now. I really miss Austria but hopefully I'll be back there some day. And of course I missed California while I was gone, too. Somehow, I managed to totally forget about this place! But then I noticed it in the bookmarks on my notebook an...

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When I was a teenager, I liked Metallica, Megadeth, and Pantera.

Now I wonder what I was thinking back then. And now I'm gradually losing interest in that 90's industrial stuff I loved so much after I got bored with heavy metal.

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Boxers all the way!

I'd be happy to post pics if I were better looking. :p

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Amie wrote: That place confuses me no end. :wah:
And you just got here.

The best is yet to come.

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Amie wrote:

I'm a MAC user.

Wahahahahahaha!! *points and makes fun*

Just kidding. Well, sort of.

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<t>Or else? I had a Persian once too, one of those white ones with one blue eye and one green eye. He showed up at our doorstep one day, and turned out to be the most demanding, uncooperative cat we ever had. As much as we would never think of doing the same, we never had any trouble unde...

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It's a dog?

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<t>These are the infamous "dominionists." I don't think most American Protestants would want to go quite so far, but there are indeed a lot of people who have been very heavily influenced by that Left Behind series, as though it were an additional part of the Bible. Those who want to rein...

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Another butter thread?

Congratulations, though.

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The evil but loveable Mindy...

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<t>I do consider myself a libertarian, so I'm not really surprised that this test calls me one. BUT... I think the way things are worded kind of goads people into choosing libertarian-friendly answers. And, as you can see by the breakdown, more people scored libertarian than anything else on the tes...

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<t>There were many, many reasons for World War I, the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand was just what set into motion what had already been anticipated and even planned. The two main reasons, next to which all other reasons can be considered details, were a general weariness of peace throughout Eu...

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I disagree with his being arrested. I think free speech should mean free speech no matter what. But the reason they have laws like that in Austria is to suppress Neo-Nazis.

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I don't know much about this except I don't remember hearing much about it until a few years ago and now you hear about it all the time.

I think banning peanut butter sandwiches from the school altogether would be a little..... paranoid.

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Franziskaner!

I like Guiness too. Otherwise, not really picky about beer, I'm not.

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The fine print on the label of the Bailey's even says NOT to do that. :wah:

I'll keep having my Bailey's straight or in coffee, thanks...

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<r>DesignerGal wrote: I dont listen to classical enough, but I can tell you that everytime I AM listening and I hear a song I like, the announcer comes on and says its Vivaldi. Anyone know the best CD of Vivaldi to get? Id like to buy one. The Four Seasons. Though you'll find lots of different ...

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Jives wrote: You know what I worry about? That just like a retarded boy with a gun, we might someday have enough knowledge to really screw oursleves up.
Actually, I think that ship has already sailed...

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<t>Energy leaking in? Are we also leaking out, then? What happens in universes where the net energy flow is negative? I dunno..... Every new development in this ongoing saga makes me wonder even more if it's not one step further in the wrong direction, further away from the actual truth o...

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"We are in the Olympics and we have to give it our best."

Sounds reasonable enough to me. The last thing they should feel obliged to do is slack off.

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Another vote for Bach's Brandenburg Concerti. His violin concerti are really good too. I love just about anything by Bach, in fact, though I'm not too big on the Goldberg Variations.

Mozart's First Salzburg Symphony and Requiem in D-minor are worth mentioning too.

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<t>Well even if those problems aren't as bad as they were in the past or are the same problems you find other places (I never meant to say that they weren't!) they still exist and in other countries evil weapons firms are considered to be vampires sucking the blood out of the rest of society, intere...

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They didn't just get a fund, they got a whole country.

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snuggs wrote: aint got a man

waiting fur a divorce :guitarist :wah: :wah:
I'm guessing you have lots of interesting names for yours, then. :wah:

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How come nobody ever complains that Russia spends far too much money on the development and production of weapons while the mafia runs rampant, unemployment is such a problem, and so many Russians are choked by poverty?

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Liebling, lieverd, or lekker ding. Even when not courting Germanic women - in which case it's likely they've never been called any of those things by anyone else.

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<t>I can't believe how widespread the whole Fornication-Under-Consent-of-the-King thing has become. Goes to show you that people will believe just about anything they're told about the middle ages as long as it sounds weird and backwards enough, I guess. I'm pretty sure the Dutch verb "fo...

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My own MySpace page would be too boring to be worth the effort. :p

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valerie wrote: Just saw the first ad for Peeps in the paper this morning!!!
Already?? :-2

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<t>Bronwen wrote: I don't know how many other posters are following this thread, but does anyone else follow Ted's logic here? He has lost me completely. Going back over everything he's said about this, his point appears to be as follows: The Catholic Church is responsible for the distribution ...

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<r>Recyclables, yes, that is a word. <E>:)</E> It's taken very seriously here in Austria (I saw it was in Germany too), there are a million different kinds of bins for different things. And it's one thing that everyone seems to agree on is that recycling is one of the best, most responsib...

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This is the problem with opposition movements like the Orange Revolution. Once they succeed, all of a sudden they aren't the opposition anymore. And then things get a lot more complicated.

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<t>Although I agree with some of the general ideas he's getting at, his grip on the facts seems tenuous at best. The rocket attack which killed those Pakistani civillians was a very big deal here. I have to wonder what world he's living in that "has heard almost nothing about that." The USA may bene...

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