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02-22-2005, 02:31 PM
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Your Bartender
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Why?
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Why? What's the point? What's the purpose of your existence? If any. |
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02-22-2005, 02:44 PM
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Slattern of the Swail
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What is with all the exsistential angst going around? It's hard enough to just be myself and now all the people in the Cellar are questioning God and the Meaning of Life!
I'm here because I volunteered for the experiment. I chose a nasty habit and a melodramatic narrative. It's getting boring, but I'm sure I'll come out alright in the end. By the way, I am not dissing on your thread, SteveD, it's just an observation.
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
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02-22-2005, 02:57 PM
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Your Bartender
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02-22-2005, 02:59 PM
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Junior Master Dwellar
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Impotentes defendere libertatem non possunt. "Repetition does not transform a lie into a truth." ~Franklin D. Roosevelt |
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02-22-2005, 03:04 PM
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Slattern of the Swail
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In Barrie's play and novel, the roles of fairies are brief: they are allies to the Lost Boys, the source of fairy dust and ...They are portrayed as dangerous, whimsical and extremely clever but quite hedonistic. "Shall I give you a kiss?" Peter asked and, jerking an acorn button off his coat, solemnly presented it to her. —James Barrie Wimminfolk they be tricksy. - ZenGum |
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02-22-2005, 03:06 PM
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High Propagandist
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Forgotten Grove
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Is there a purpose? Or do we do what we've been trained to do. If our ancestors didn't work, would we?
Our purpose is to prepare for death. Or rather make a feeble attempt at ignoring it, or running away from it.
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"Two roads divirged in the wood and I, I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference" -Robert Frost "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" -Old proverb |
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02-22-2005, 03:27 PM
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changed his status to single
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Right behind you. No, the other side.
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The Dark Tower? Ka? 19?
yes, i'm still rereading The Gunslinger series. I'm on volume The Wolves of Calla now. all this because of the thread about what technologies would survive the fall...
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Getting knocked down is no sin, it's not getting back up that's the sin |
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08-15-2010, 03:36 PM
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Touring the facilities
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Is it normal to take 16 years to get through a series of novels? |
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08-20-2010, 02:51 PM
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Goon Squad Leader
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and worth re re reading. I read them many many moons and moods ago, and when each new one was released, I liked to go back to the first one and read them all again in order so the big finale (the current most recent book) would be a fresh ending and the story would be fresh too.
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Be Just and Fear Not. |
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02-22-2005, 03:59 PM
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Gone and done
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I'm here to achieve some sense of personal satisfaction, and to enjoy myself. If that ends up being useful to society, more's the better. Yep, that's about it. - Pie
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per·son \ˈpər-sən\ (noun) - an ephemeral collection of small, irrational decisions The fun thing about evolution (and science in general) is that it happens whether you believe in it or not. |
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02-22-2005, 04:56 PM
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halve your cake and eat it too.
Join Date: Apr 2004
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*sigh* I've been hacking at that one for.. damn.. most of my life. I used to think there was some 'purpose', however the older I get.. it seems to have little or no point other than to consume and breed to continue the species. (then again! maybe there is a point to it all and I just haven't stumbled across it yet... until then '42' will just have to do)
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no my child.. this is not my desire..I'm digging for fire. |
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02-22-2005, 05:46 PM
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self=proclaimed ass looking for truth whatever that means
Join Date: Oct 2004
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To allow others to show me love if they can. To continue to wonder the purpose of my existence.
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Let it rain, it eases pain..... |
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02-22-2005, 06:43 PM
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High Propagandist
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Well said, Brown. My life.... although seemingly meaningless is to help those around me. Those who deserve such help that is. A soulwatcher if you will. I give love and take pain, and all in all, I am respected for it. It is what I do, and what I will be doing till this body fails to exist any longer.
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"Two roads divirged in the wood and I, I took the one less travelled by, and that has made all the difference" -Robert Frost "The road to hell is paved with good intentions" -Old proverb |
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02-24-2005, 09:53 PM
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self=proclaimed ass looking for truth whatever that means
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Anyway a profound statement, that not many can honestly say is a driving force in their life..........
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Let it rain, it eases pain..... |
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02-24-2005, 11:29 PM
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changed his status to single
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well, love is pain and pain is love. who can cause you pain if you do not hold some degree of love for them? really. if you care nothing about a persons regard for you how can their thoughts, words, actions cause you pain? and if you don't hold much stock in their thoughts, words, actions - do you hold love for them?
for me? i consider my reason for existence to be my son. in mymind i am here to raise him to be a better man than i can ever hope to be. to paraphrase a certain Mr Pacino - i always new the right path, but i have invariably chosen the wrong one. i hope to raise my son to be a better man. a better human. beyond that i hope to brighten someone's day. may that be my assistant who has no living family, my son who has no other father, my parents who have no other son, the man on the corner who i bought lunch, my client who lost his wife to a sudden illness... someone. everyday. i don't believe in ka, karma, or luck. i do believe that there is a certain point where all credibility is shot. i believe there comes a point where "i" can no longer be the one to make a difference. i believe my actions have a consequence. i believe there comes a point where i can no longer be used in a truly meaningful way - so i must hope to impact the lives of those that have not passed that mile marker, whatever it may be. that is what i believe.
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