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or better yet, seperate 'customizing' kits, where you can make it look like whatever you want.....they'd be removalbe so you can change the look whenever you want.....they could sell the robot for a high price and the customizing kits for fairly cheap, and they'd probally sell more robots that way....

http://forums.ancientclan.com/faq.php?faq=sigrules#faq_sigimagerequests Please read these rules. Some people (like me) don't know who Auron is, so not exactly capable of picking out a picture.

hi and welcome back!.........

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. *LOL* You may try to know everything about everything they're doing and everyone they see, but it gets harder each year, and by the time they're teenagers, well, the only way to control everything they do is by homeschooling them and never letting them leave the house without you right there with them. Good luck!

Ok, first of all, birth control pills aren't JUST for birth control. I was on them in high school because I have MASSIVE cramps every month, and that was one of the solutions for it. They stopped working for that after a couple years, and with the massive mood swings the BC pills were causing, it was just more trouble than it was helping. But 'underage' sex is not a new thing, no matter what papers are being produced and what you see on TV. Hell, back in the middle ages, a person was probally married and had at least one kid by age 15 or so, so it's not like this is a new issue. It's a bigger issue now because kids now are taking longer to mature mentally, but not phsycially. You can preach about abstinance and saving yourself for marriage and the dangers of having random sex with people, but you can't control what your teenager will do. The best you can do is give them information and protection so that if they decide to go out and have sex, at least they won't get sick or pregnant from it. Because, let's face it. If a teenager wants to have sex bad enough, they'll find a way to do it. I personally don't have a moral stigma against it except for those that use sex as the only way to gauge their self-worth. That's not to say I'd want my daughter OR SON to go out and have sex, but I would also want them to know that protection from disese or pregnancy is KEY. And yes, you have to buy birth control in America, Kite. It's not covered by insurance, either, not even for non-contricptive uses. *grrrrrr* Which is one reason I'm not still on it.

yeah, but that would've been hilarious with his movie form.........

The US has been doing that for a while now. They've been having commercials advocating getting the vaccine a lot. It's not required, but it is avaliable.

That right there is a whoooole other debate with me! ; But I really don't think that's the main reason. Yaoi fangirls will throw any boys together if they think they're cute, regardless of the character themselves. That's not limited to GW, I've seen it in so many other areas, and not just anime. *stabs eyes when she thinks about the Harry Potter yaoi*

DX: Oh hell no. Picard can kick ass, he just did it with style. I'm not saying Kirk wasn't a great captain. That was his job and he was darn good at it. But he's a bit of an asshole, espically to women. But either way, they're both better then Janeway. ><

i can't see it....i don't like Shatner and i'm not a fan of Kirk, but i can't see anyone else playing him....and i definatly can't see anyone else replacing the original actors in their roles, either... not to mention they'll TOTALLY fuck up the storyline that's been established in countless books and the original series..........

Happy Birthday!

they can have some of our water....><.....for the first time since i can remember, the Dallas area hasn't been under some kind of water ban this summer.... and if they start penlizing people for wasting water, start with the business that water their lawns all the time and half the water runs down the street........even last summer in the middle of a strict watering ban, all the business were watering their lawns almost every night....if they were forced to stop watering their lawns when residents would, it would save a TON of water.....

Welp, I finally got a chance to go by the SPCA and adopt a kitty! I've named her Amisi, and she's about a year and a half old. She's still kinda skittish, espically when I'm walking for some reason, but she's starting to explore the house and she'll come up to me for petting. She's a really sweet cat, but she's wiggly. I had a horrible time getting pictures because she's always moving. Anyhoo, here she is!

DX: well, if they're going to do animal testing anyways, I'd rather they test for things like helping cure cancer rather than cosmetics. This can at least that that out of the equation. *shrugs*

This is an actual letter sent to American company Proctor and Gamble regarding their feminine products. She really gets rolling after the first paragraph... Dear Mr. Thatcher, I have been a loyal user of your 'Always' maxi pads for over 20 years and I appreciate many of their features. Why, without the Leak Guard Core or Dri-Weave absorbency, I'd probably never go horseback riding or salsa dancing, and I'd certainly steer clear of running up and down the beach in tight, white shorts. But my favorite feature has to be your revolutionary Flexi-Wings. Kudos on being the only company smart enough to realize how crucial it is that maxi pads be aerodynamic. I can't tell you how safe and secure I feel each month knowing there's a little F-16 in my pants. Have you ever had a menstrual period, Mr. Thatcher? Ever suffered from 'the curse'? I'm guessing you haven't. Well, my 'time of the month' is starting right now. As I type, I can already feel hormonal forces violently surging through my body. Just a few minutes from now, my body will adjust and I'll be transformed into what my husband likes to call 'an inbred hillbilly with knife skills.' Isn't the human body amazing? As Brand Manager in the Feminine-Hygiene Division, you've no doubt seen quite a bit of research on what exactly happens during your customers' monthly visits from 'Aunt Flo'. Therefore, you must know about the bloating, puffiness, and cramping we endure, and about our intense mood swings, crying jags, and out-of-control behavior. You surely realize it's a tough time for most women. In fact, only last week, my friend Jennifer fought the violent urge to shove her boyfriend's testicles into a George Foreman Grill just because he told her he thought Grey's Anatomy was written by drunken chimps. Crazy! The point is, sir, you of all people must realize that America is just crawling with homicidal maniacs in Capri pants... Which brings me to the reason for my letter. Last month, while in the throes of cramping so painful I wanted to reach inside my body and yank out my uterus, I opened an Always maxi-pad, and there, printed on the adhesive backing, were these words: 'Have a Happy Period.' Are you fucking kidding me? What I mean is, does any part of your tiny middle-manager brain really think happiness - actual smiling, laughing happiness is possible during a menstrual period? Did anything mentioned above sound the least bit pleasurable? Well, did it? FYI, unless you're some kind of sick S&M freak girl, there will never be anything 'happy' about a day in which you have to jack yourself up on Motrin and Kahlua and lock yourself in your house just so you don't march down to the local Walgreen's armed with a hunting rifle and a sketchy plan to end your life in a blaze of glory. For the love of God, pull your head out, man! If you just have to slap a moronic message on a maxi pad, wouldn't it make more sense to say something that's actually pertinent, like 'Put down the Hammer' or 'Vehicular Manslaughter is Wrong', or are you just picking on us? Sir, please inform your Accounting Department that, effective immediately, there will be an $8 drop in monthly profits, for I have chosen to take my maxi-pad business elsewhere. And though I will certainly miss your Flex-Wings, I will not for one minute miss your brand of condescending bullshit. And that's a promise I will keep. Always. Best, Wendi Aarons Austin , TX

true, proofing is important....but so many people think that their first draft should be perfect and book-ready that they don't even try....it's not saying that what you come up with will be book-worthy and it will need lots and lots of editing....the point is that you have something to edit....it makes you start writing and keep going, getting your ideas down on paper and working out some things....i'm hoping this will help me out, personally....i've got ideas, just never get around to working them out....now, if i want to succeed in this, i have to work on it....i kinda need that....i know whatever i come up with will needs lots of proofing and editing, but at least it's started....

Win a friend! Ok, this is just one of the oddest things I've seen on ebay, and that includes the haunted ducky.

ie, National Novel Writing Month. Basicly, you'll take the time from Nov 1 to Nov 30 and concentrate on writing a novel. The difference is, you focus on quantity, not so much quality. It's an interesting idea, and I decided to give it a shot this year. was just wondering if anyone else has heard about it or was planning on giving it a try.

Ran across this one recently, thought I'd share. Winnipeg Free Press Really, anything I could say would only detract from the hilarity.

it said on another site that he had been working on it up until the end....and had shared some of the more important plot points with family and friends....so i dunno....

pretty much anything....this started as an idea in the SM fandom community, so the focus is stolen fanart and stolen characters....but really, if anyone has had their art stolen and beinig used by someone else and wants help confronting the person, all they gotta do is ask....we can't offer any kind of legal advice, but sometimes just letting the person know they're doing something wrong is usually enough....yet there are some people that are stubborn or some artists that want a little support in confronting the person....*shrugs*....

Ok, this came out of a conversation on the ToT boards a week or so ago. Someone had posted a topic about an art theif on DA, and of course, everyone rallied to make comments and so on. Unfortunatly, some of those comments were rather nasty, and I'm thinking to myself 'it's no wonder so many people like that get defensive and so on when their first confrontation is hostility'. So my idea was a group that would activly look out for art theft as well as help artists deal with suspected theives, but do so in a polite and mature manner. Yes, a lot of theives know they're doing wrong, but what about the few that don't? It seems to me that it's better to educate someone rather than attack them. So, I now have a group open for anyone that is interested in this. http://aabita.dubird.net Read it over, and if it interests you, please sign up! This is one of those things that won't work without a community, and as fellow artists, I thought this might be helpful.

Arugh!! I'm in full aggreement with the last statement there.

Yeah, but it's still a form of art theft if you don't have permission. You should also state in your sig or wherever that so-and-so made the avatars. By not saying anything, people will assume you made them, which isn't fair to the actual artist.

Those are just avatars strung together. Probally not a good idea to do that without permission from the people who made the avatars.