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- Unconscious Mutterings - Week 56 Hollywood:: Movie Censor:: Right-wing Nascar:: Race Lube:: Job Mortgage:: |
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- Hollywood: Squares Censor: Scanner Nascar: Race Lube: Oil Mortgage: |
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- ~~~~~~~SUGAWARA III In which Guji Takes a Bath and Firewalks, Author Misses Key ShotAfter the prayer blaze got going real well, because he had to stand close enough to be responsibly sacerdotal the guji got a bit hot as he chanted and had to call in some fire controllers to splash some water on the fire so he could finish without bursting into flame; then when he had done and returned to his chambers the prayer managers took over, carrying out from the Shrine and throwing onto the high holy blaze the bundles and armfuls of the thousands and thousands of smaller written invocations written on waribashi (disposable chopstick)-sized pieces of cedar, which took quite a long while, then it was all let blaze freely. The guji then reemerged, dressed coolly for that cold day in nothing but fundoshi and a short cotton coat for the water ritual in which he bathes and purifies himself for the firewalk to come, for he is to be the first to walk through the fire, as his ancestors have been doing for centuries. After sitting on a straw mat in nothing but the fundoshi, splashing himself thoroughly with water and praying toward the fire, the guji then dressed in white robes and stood before the fire barefoot, chanting to psyche up his feet for the heat to come, while the fire blazed down to coals and the fire managers hooked and towed away the large smouldering logs, leveling out the heat-shimmering embers into a level walkable area of embers some 30 cm deep, ringed with crowds who kept their distance from the heat. Echo and I had by now managed to grab a seat on one of the small ceremonial stools the first priests had used, and I squatted beside her waiting for the key shot from the optimal angle, when the guji would walk barefoot across the flickering coals. |
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- Well, I used my RAT (Rock Abrasion Tool) to brush off part of a big rock named Humphrey (see below). I am going to analyze Humphrey and then grind a hole in him (don['t worry - he's a rock, so it won't hurt). |
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- ISLAS MARSHALL: 50 Years of Nuclear Testing Fallibility. Bravo? |
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- TIMESTAMP (UTC) LAT LONG DEPTH MAG COMMENT 2004-03-01 00:36:00 37.23 22.24 23. |
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- TIMESTAMP (UTC) LAT LONG DEPTH MAG COMMENT 2004-02-29 21:01:41 12.51 143.54 10. |
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- TIMESTAMP (UTC) LAT LONG DEPTH MAG COMMENT 2004-02-29 06:25:17 35.76 -117.74 7. |
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- A few galleries of this curvey lady... |
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- But what does " white elephant" mean then if "purple elephant" is "blue moon"?? |
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- Contagious and infectious are certainly similar in meaning, and at some points they are synonymous. For more, go here: http://forums. delphiforums. |
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- I've already linked Thomas Sowell's latestOpinion Journal article covertly in... |
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- As has been stated here before, certain variants of conservative ideology pose a grave and gathering threat to our civilization. This has become especially clear in the debate surrounding gay marriage. We are all familiar with the conservatives' tired mantras on this issue. They are more overplayed than the lastest singles being pushed by the record companies and Clear Channel Radio. Lisa Schiffren, however, seems to think we haven't heard them yet. |
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- The heart of things has been silent since the end of last year and Glosses.net has been hibernating since October, but I'm pleased to report that both Jonathon and Renee have chosen the bissextile day to return to the fray.... |
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VIRUSES. (Mar 01 2004 01:58 GMT) - I recently had occasion (in a Wordorigins thread) to make the point that virus has no Latin plural, whereupon the excellent aldiboronti linked to a page that has an exhaustive discussion of that very matter. For practical purposes, all you... |
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- The review team is in high gear! We have posted 19 reviews for you to checkout covering some really great games. Make sure you check them out today: Forgotten Realms: Underdark BESM Dungeon Portable Adventures: |
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- "Part Two of the introductory short story, One Step Ahead, has been posted on the Emerald Press message boards as a preview of the upcoming premier of our Adventure Setting city guides, Labyrinth of Oversoul. Go to ...... |
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- "Flames Rising has been busy! We've got a brand new interview with Mummy: the Resurrection Developer, C.A. Suleiman! |
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- LiveTamil Net Pals is a Open Source "Classified System" which has been available onl... |
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- Haven't put up a diary entry for a while, but I've been riding! Today I met friend Dave and we went south on the bike path down into Palos Verdes, climbed about halfway up Via Del Monte then took a cutoff down to Palos Verdes Drive, and dropped down Paseo ... |
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RCN sucks (Mar 01 2004 01:57 GMT) - Brent reports what happens when you ask RCN to send somebody out to fix some minor cable problem: The tech that came out screwed up... |
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YahooRank (Mar 01 2004 01:57 GMT) - MTYahooRank is a Movable Type plugin that allows you to programmatically determine the Yahoo Rank of a keyword or phrase. Have a keyword that is special to you that you always want to know where you stand on Yahoo? MTYahooRank is for you. |
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- [iDNES - Zákony] - Mlékárenské a hospodářské družstvo Jih žaluje u Obvodního soudu v Praze 1 Podpůrný a garanční rolnický a lesnický fond kvůli privatizaci 36 procent potravinářské... |
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- [iDNES - Zákony] - Případ s rekordním počtem 103 obžalovaných začne dnes projednávat pražský městský soud. Kauza úvěrového podvodu souvisí s nechvalně proslulou, takzvanou pyramidovou... |
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- [iDNES - Zákony] - Předlistopadový disident a bývalý důstojník BIS Vladimír Hučín podal trestní oznámení na šéfa ostravského ředitelství služby cizinecké a pohraniční policie Jána... |
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- Scorcese AMEX CommercialPretty damned funny. |
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XD38 (Mar 01 2004 01:56 GMT) - The XD38 page is an interesting page - and one that pretty much explains how I interact with people. An INTJ TCK XD38? Intriguing.... |
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- QUOTE A guitar should be big, cheesy and have lights on it? I think it looks shitty. Yes, but its cool if just Vital have it! |
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- South Korea wants to ban unsolicited commercial email between 9pm and 9am. South Korea mulls spam curfew... |
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- [iDNES - Zákony] - V menších nemocnicích je ochrana osobních údajů zabezpečena pouze intuitivně. Konstatuje to výroční zpráva Úřadu pro ochranu osobních údajů za loňský rok, která... |
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- Last post by 'A Tory MP' on 01:25 01/Mar/04 - Here comes March. |
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- Last post by 'Sad Blog man' on 00:00 01/Mar/04 - http://www. |
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