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torroid

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joined on 11/23/07
last updated 11/04/09
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Olen maksanut ne sano tätä

March 28, 2009
Charming, intelligent, funny and without a doubt, completely helpful in times of need. If I need an honest opinion or a little help in the barn, I know who I can count on. Thank you so much...


And he fixed my electric fence, shocked himself and never once complained.. HUGE hugs.. priceless..
March 24, 2009
Minä rakastan tätä miestä. Hän on oikein hyvä ystävä. Hyvin huolehtien, halukas ja aito. Hänellä on makea sielu ja paha nokkeluus. Minä palvon häntä ja olen siunattu tunteakseni hänet ja kutsuakseni häntä ystäväksi. Rakastakaa teitä, Bear. Kiitos, että olette minun elämässäni.

Ich Liebe dieses bemannen. Er ist ein allerhand Bekannter. Sehr sorgend , willig und echt. Er hat ein Süßspeisen Seele und ein übel Witzbold. Ich anbeten ihm und bin gesegnet zu kennen ihm und wecken ihm Bekannter. Liebe Sie Bear. Danke als dasein in mein Leben.

*ahem*
I love this man. He is a very good friend. Very caring, willing and genuine. He has a sweet soul and a wicked wit. I adore him and am blessed to know him and call him friend. Love you Bear. Thank you for being in my life.

Aloha!
: D

November 11, 2008
I'd like to add that Torroid is a bit of a "closet cheesecake photo" fan...who knows?? He's probably into hard porn...but, the proof is in the pudding. Hey...by the way, Tor....I've got LOTS of wormwood if you wanna make some absinthe....my brutha by nutha mutha...
October 26, 2008
Torroid is made of meat!! Okay, and water, and minerals, and probably some random stuff. But mostly, he's made of fun, and wit, and awesome! I look forward to sharing many further adventures searching for Fuzzy Finnish Muppet Babes, and Shakespearean Mice, and bizarre works of art. A better partner in crime, I think, would be hard to find : ).
October 20, 2008
Bob is clever, humorous, compassionate, creative & spontaneous!
He is charming, inquisitive, witty & considerate.
The list of positive attributes could go on for quite some time, but I don't want his head to swell too much.
He is also a brat, a booger nose, a twister of words & worst of all...a punster.
I am ever so glad that he is one of my astral siblings!
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Real world quotes

۞ Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle. - Plato
۞ Economists might not be a religious bunch, but I do see a frightening amount of 'blind faith' regarding certain old theories within the profession. - from Freakonomics blog
۞ You can know the name of a bird in all the languages of the world, but when you're finished, you'll know absolutely nothing whatever about the bird... So let's look at the bird and see what it's doing -- that's what counts. - Richard Feynman
۞ You can only be young once. But you can always be immature. - Dave Barry
۞ I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. - Douglas Adams
۞ Fast is fine, but accuracy is everything. - Wyatt Earp
۞ Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. - Arthur C. Clarke
۞ A lifetime of happiness! No man alive could bear it; it would be hell on earth. - George Bernard Shaw
۞ If anything can survive the probe of humor it is clearly of value, and conversely all groups who claim immunity from laughter are claiming special privileges which should not be granted. - Eric Idle
۞ I think it's the duty of the comedian to find out where the line is drawn and cross it deliberately. - George Carlin
۞ Two things are infinite: the universe and human stupidity; and I'm not sure about the the universe. - Albert Einstein
۞ Ignorance, the root and the stem of every evil. - Plato
۞ Lack of money is the root of all evil. - George Bernard Shaw
۞ It has yet to be proven that intelligence has any survival value. - Arthur C. Clarke
۞ It's never just a game when you're winning. - George Carlin
۞ Everywhere is walking distance if you have the time. - Steven Wright
۞ I believe that a scientist looking at nonscientific problems is just as dumb as the next guy. - Richard Feynman
۞ The price good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men. - Plato
۞ My theory of evolution is that Darwin was adopted. - Steve Wright
۞ If all economists were laid end to end, they would not reach a conclusion. - George Bernard Shaw
۞ If at first you don't succeed, failure may be your style. - Quentin Crisp
۞ It isn't necessary to imagine the world ending in fire or ice – there are two other possibilities: one is paperwork, and the other is nostalgia. - Frank Zappa
۞ A wise man once said, never discuss philosophy or politics in a disco environment. - Frank Zappa
۞ The first thing you have to do if you want to raise nice kids, is you have to talk to them like they are people instead of talking to them like they're property. - Frank Zappa
۞ Gail has said in interviews that one of the things that makes our relationship work is the fact that we hardly ever get to talk to each other. - Frank Zappa
۞ Mohawks may look cute, but they do nothing to retain body heat. - Guy Trebay of the NYT
۞ There is nothing in this world more terrifying that somebody who thinks he is right. - Peter Hitchens
۞ All sorts of new life forms are emerging out of the corpse of the music industry. - Peter Gabriel at a promotion of The Filter
۞ The test of a first-rate intelligence is the ability to hold two opposed ideas in the mind at the same time, and still retain the ability to function. - F. Scott Fitzgerald
۞ Beware the fury of a patient man. - John Dryden (by way of Gordy)
۞ MySpace is actually where all porn stars go to die. - Violet Blue
۞ Dance like nobody's watching; love like you've never been hurt. Sing like nobody's listening; live like it's heaven on earth. - Mark Twain, via aurelia
۞ Not responsible for advice not taken. - Larry Niven
۞ Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving. - Albert Einstein
۞ The future is already here, it is just unevenly distributed. -William Gibson
۞ Reality is that which, when you stop believing in it, doesn’t go away. - Philip K. Dick
۞ The opposite of a correct statement is a false statement. But the opposite of a profound truth may well be another profound truth. -- Niels Bohr
۞ We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars. -- Oscar Wilde
۞ We can lick gravity, but sometimes the paperwork is overwhelming. -- Wernher Von Braun
۞ Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories. -- Arthur C. Clarke

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I think I exist, but you might not think I do. If certain theories of consciousness, or string theory and holographic universes, prove to be true, you may be right. However for the time being, and for the sake of conservation of trouble, please assume that I do exist. I am my own alt. If there are multiple of me, they use the same handle, so as far as you need to believe, I, or we, are one, and you can blame all of this shit on me, or us. No, really, there is only one me, I think, but I, or we, sometimes manifest my, or our, other personalities, especially when I'm, or we're, tired, but all still use the same handle, so it still boils down to the same thing. Except on Tuesdays.

And no, I don't cry over diamonds.
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Gespräche

Re: Dec 5- Pie at Rhythmix (in The Pie Extremist Group P.E.G.) Maybe I could get up the gumption to make my re-try of the Lemon Meringue pie that I so gloriously botched for Lola.
discussion post on Thu, November 5, 2009 - 8:52 PM
Re: Leaves (in Z's *SECRET* Tribe) Yes, maybe. The kid has a home game at 10:00. So unless she needs to do shopping (every time I visit I offer to take her shopping where ever she needs to go shopping), I should be free around 1-ish. Otherwise, 2 or 3-ish.
discussion post on Thu, November 5, 2009 - 7:08 PM
Death in the homeland (blog entry) News is trickling out about the identity and background of the soldier who shot and killed soldiers at Fort Hood today.
www.nytimes.com/2009/11/06...uspect.html

In the vein of media for whom one data point makes a line, of legislato... read more
blog entry posted Thu, November 5, 2009 - 6:55 PM permalink - 2 comments
Re: Leaves (in Z's *SECRET* Tribe) Speaking of leaves ... I came home today to find that strong winds were blowing, and all my neighbor's yards were sprinkled with leaves. Mine, of course, looked the same. It was sprinkled with leave before today's winds. If I hung around tomorrow ... read more
discussion post on Wed, November 4, 2009 - 8:57 PM
photo posted 11/04
Re: Leaves (in Z's *SECRET* Tribe) They are crafty buggers. If you don't watch them carefully ...
discussion post on Tue, November 3, 2009 - 10:43 AM
Re: Leaves (in Z's *SECRET* Tribe) She's allowed. She has cool hair.
discussion post on Tue, November 3, 2009 - 10:42 AM
photo posted 11/03
Re: Leaves (in Z's *SECRET* Tribe) I'm in California. The trees are too confused for there to be any sense or pattern to them falling.
discussion post on Mon, November 2, 2009 - 11:46 PM
Re: Leaves (in Z's *SECRET* Tribe) That's only in England that that happens.
discussion post on Mon, November 2, 2009 - 11:46 PM
Re: Leaves (in Z's *SECRET* Tribe) You two behave, or we are going to have to separate you.
discussion post on Mon, November 2, 2009 - 11:45 PM
Re: Bad driver gene (in Pandamoanium) All good questions and comments. All I can say is ... they must have gotten a grant for it.
discussion post on Mon, November 2, 2009 - 11:44 PM
Bad driver gene (in Pandamoanium) No, it is not a joke. And no, it does not have anything to do with the X or Y chromosome.

BDNF is a protein that promotes the survival of existing and the growth of new brain cells. (Contrary to what I learned in college, human brains do contin... read more
discussion post on Mon, November 2, 2009 - 11:34 AM
Re: Fall Projects (in Z's *SECRET* Tribe) Ran into a talked to a blacksmith at RenFaire that had a portable one simpler that that one. One small propane canister turned into the chamber, fed by one small propane canister of propane.
discussion post on Wed, October 28, 2009 - 11:10 PM
Re: Fall Projects (in Z's *SECRET* Tribe) Forge (portable, in this case):
www.arscives.com/bladesign...rge-17.jpg
discussion post on Wed, October 28, 2009 - 11:45 AM
Well ... how would you expect a clown to drive? (in Pandamoanium) <<A Vancouver-area man has learned that if driving erratically in a clown suit is not enough to signal intoxication, then crashing into a police car certainly is.>>

www.reuters.com/article/od...2JG20091027

Maybe h... read more
discussion post on Wed, October 28, 2009 - 11:37 AM
Re: Fall Projects (in Z's *SECRET* Tribe) Say forge, and I'm with you.
discussion post on Wed, October 28, 2009 - 8:53 AM
Socialists are at it again (in Pandamoanium) After all that bluster from Hugo Chavez about the running dogs of American economic imperialism. After all that noise about uniting South America against the pig faced IMF. After all that chuff about the incompetence of the West ...

Hugo Chavez... read more
discussion post on Mon, October 26, 2009 - 12:29 PM
We say criminal, you say entrepreneur (in Pandamoanium) In the former Soviet Union, this used to be called "speculation" and was illegal because, based on theory, there was no 'value' added to the product. In China it is smuggling, and is also illegal. In the U.S.A. this would be called ... GoodWill?
... read more
discussion post on Mon, October 26, 2009 - 12:12 PM
Re: Misogynists and homophobes welcome (in Pandamoanium) > You act as if this is the first time the Catholic church has ever been malignant.

Historically I'm used to it. I'm reacting to the stark position today. Stand this guy up against Ghandi, Madela, Carter. Comes across as backward. So maybe I'm ... read more
discussion post on Tue, October 20, 2009 - 9:30 PM
Greek, Hebrew and Aramaic anyone? (blog entry) I commented (tribes.tribe.net/threadsav...dcb5e0a9e) on a New York Times article
(www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21...1pope.html) about the Catholic Church recruiting Anglicans who don't like ... read more
blog entry posted Tue, October 20, 2009 - 7:23 PM permalink - 2 comments
Misogynists and homophobes welcome (in Pandamoanium) The Catholic church welcomes you with open arms:

www.nytimes.com/2009/10/21...21pope.html

$preach on

The more I read this article and thought about it, the more stunned I was. This smacks of both desperation for membersh... read more
discussion post on Tue, October 20, 2009 - 7:01 PM
Corporate IT chiefs told to loosen their sphicnters (in Pandamoanium) Gartner, IT consultants who sometimes do follow the "we will tell you what you like to hear so that you will pay us for what we tell you" model, sometimes also stand up and do an emperor has no clothes kind of maneuver. They just did. The basicall... read more
discussion post on Mon, October 19, 2009 - 9:53 AM
photo posted 10/18
Re: Bad Ideas for Avatar Days (in Warm Weekend Beaches) Dental surgery.
discussion post on Sun, October 18, 2009 - 12:55 AM
Re: Tribe picture (in Warm Weekend Beaches) You're welcome. I think.
discussion post on Sun, October 18, 2009 - 12:54 AM
http://www.bonbonland.dk/default.aspx One blogger wrote: "Bonbon...
photo posted 10/17
Re: Computer advice (in Pandamoanium) In Finnish
discussion post on Sat, October 17, 2009 - 10:02 AM
Re: Stickboy (in Warm Weekend Beaches) Welcome, Stickboy. Smelling salts are on your left.
discussion post on Sat, October 17, 2009 - 9:35 AM
Re: Bad Ideas for Avatar Days (in Warm Weekend Beaches) Boob jobs. Before and after.
discussion post on Sat, October 17, 2009 - 9:32 AM
Re: Tribe picture (in Warm Weekend Beaches) Hey, if they do rabbits, they can do squirrels, no?
discussion post on Sat, October 17, 2009 - 9:23 AM
Re: Tribe picture (in Warm Weekend Beaches) Hard time counting that high.
discussion post on Fri, October 16, 2009 - 8:55 PM
Re: Tribe picture (in Warm Weekend Beaches) You mean hat?
discussion post on Fri, October 16, 2009 - 8:54 PM
Re: Protect the sanctity of marriage! (in Intelligent Political Discussion) Whew! Glad I got mine over with.
discussion post on Fri, October 16, 2009 - 8:51 PM
Re: Protect the sanctity of marriage! (in Intelligent Political Discussion) > I told you, it's all for nothing.

Where's my Nembutal.
discussion post on Fri, October 16, 2009 - 8:50 PM
Re: Does mickey have an alt? (in Intelligent Political Discussion) Alt hug.
discussion post on Fri, October 16, 2009 - 8:45 PM
Re: Tribe picture (in Warm Weekend Beaches) You're what? Are you an alt too? Who's alt are you then?
discussion post on Fri, October 16, 2009 - 8:45 PM
Re: Tribe picture (in Warm Weekend Beaches) Semiotics, my dear. I'm not calling you a wimp. I'm accusing of you taking a wimpy action. One. For all I know you could have fought off 3 muggers, 5 bankers, while making love to 5 women at the same time. But you folded under assault by that cat ... read more
discussion post on Fri, October 16, 2009 - 8:43 PM
Re: Does mickey have an alt? (in Intelligent Political Discussion) You are. You are my alt.
discussion post on Fri, October 16, 2009 - 8:37 PM
Re: Tribe picture (in Warm Weekend Beaches) He wimped out! He got afraid of some peons in the Dumb As A Bag Of Hammers Political Whining and Sniveling tribe who accused him of being an alt, and ducked for cover behind House, who is in fact an alt for some Brit names Hug Truck, I think.
discussion post on Fri, October 16, 2009 - 8:36 PM
Re: Does mickey have an alt? (in Intelligent Political Discussion) Trust me. He is an alt.
discussion post on Fri, October 16, 2009 - 8:30 PM
Re: Fall Projects (in Z's *SECRET* Tribe) It's all in the jig.
discussion post on Fri, October 16, 2009 - 5:29 PM
Re: Tribe picture (in Warm Weekend Beaches) Hmm. Maybe I should be nice to Elmo. He did after all contribute his visage to my sporran.
discussion post on Fri, October 16, 2009 - 12:00 AM
I think I must have dipped it in something along the way
photo posted 10/15
Re: Tribe picture (in Warm Weekend Beaches) Top of, wouldn't you think? Since you are reaching from the bottom.
discussion post on Thu, October 15, 2009 - 9:18 PM
Re: Tribe picture (in Warm Weekend Beaches) I think Mickey has something up his sleeve. And I mean more than his arm, and more than a cupcake. Just watch, this is going to somehow end up on the front page of the Atlanta Times as some form of social protest.
discussion post on Thu, October 15, 2009 - 8:54 PM
Re: What Did You Learn at the Burn? (in Burning Man) I learned lot of little and medium stuff, some of which I'm still processing, but as this was my first burn ...

(1) How to do it.

(2) I want to do it again.
discussion post on Thu, October 15, 2009 - 8:46 PM
Re: Plumbing (in Warm Weekend Beaches) Not of Dean is a very sociable squirrel.
discussion post on Thu, October 15, 2009 - 4:16 PM
Re: Plumbing (in Warm Weekend Beaches) > My grabber tool is invaluable for retrieving nuts around the engine

To Japanese to Finnish then back to English comes out as:
Maigurabatsuru is very rare to get the nut around the engine

What he said.
discussion post on Thu, October 15, 2009 - 9:12 AM
photo posted 10/15
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