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Message 658725 - Posted: 13 Oct 2007, 1:02:26 UTC - in response to Message 658541.  

Many wild animals will abandon their young due to a simple touch by another species (often humans).

Personally, I don't particularly like being touched by humans either... ;)

And yet I'll bet that doesn't pose a problem for you. ;)
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Message 658744 - Posted: 13 Oct 2007, 1:26:29 UTC - in response to Message 658483.  
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Nope. No animal is really devilish, except that intelligent mammal Homo Sapiens Sapiens. No animal is as cruel as Homo Sapiens Sapiens, called human.
All other beings hurt any other being no more than necessary (for gaining food, like the mosquito, or in stamping ground fights, like deer, for example), any other being kill other beings only for food, and only as many as they, their pack, or the pack plus affiliates can eat..



Ever seen cats 'play' with small rodents, Thorin? Even when NOT hungry, they will chase down, capture, and wound mice. Then they will catch & release the mouse over and over again until the mouse finally dies from the torture. Once dead, the mouse frequently is totally ignored and not eaten.
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Message 659646 - Posted: 14 Oct 2007, 16:14:53 UTC - in response to Message 658744.  
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Ever seen cats 'play' with small rodents

Yes, they play rough... Ever play rough with a cat? ;)

(I recommend wearing a sock over your arm because the cat is obviously trying to kill you too...)
It may not be 1984 but George Orwell sure did see the future . . .
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Message 660885 - Posted: 17 Oct 2007, 1:08:47 UTC

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Message 660890 - Posted: 17 Oct 2007, 1:11:39 UTC

Now that is impressive---especially for a sand sculpture...


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Message 660893 - Posted: 17 Oct 2007, 1:15:22 UTC - in response to Message 660890.  
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Now that is impressive---especially for a sand sculpture...

I totally concur. Not everyone remembers the Lord when being on the beach.
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Message 661284 - Posted: 17 Oct 2007, 15:11:31 UTC - in response to Message 660893.  

Now that is impressive---especially for a sand sculpture...

I totally concur. Not everyone remembers the Lord when being on the beach.


Specially not when they look at all the babes and hunks in bikinis and bathing trunks. :-D


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Message 661492 - Posted: 17 Oct 2007, 21:37:13 UTC - in response to Message 661284.  
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Now that is impressive---especially for a sand sculpture...

I totally concur. Not everyone remembers the Lord when being on the beach.


Specially not when they look at all the babes and hunks in bikinis and bathing trunks. :-D

Oooh, Fuzzy, that was almost a poem:

Babes and hunks
In bikinis and trunks.
Whales and sea otters,
Whistles and grunts.
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Message 661499 - Posted: 17 Oct 2007, 21:45:14 UTC - in response to Message 661492.  

Now that is impressive---especially for a sand sculpture...

I totally concur. Not everyone remembers the Lord when being on the beach.


Specially not when they look at all the babes and hunks in bikinis and bathing trunks. :-D

Oooh, Fuzzy, that was almost a poem:

Babes and hunks
In bikinis and trunks.
Whales and sea otters,
Whistles and grunts.


LMAO

So I was your muse? I'll be darned ... ROTFLMAO!!!!

Always at your service. :-D


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Message 661512 - Posted: 17 Oct 2007, 22:01:57 UTC - in response to Message 661499.  
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Now that is impressive---especially for a sand sculpture...

I totally concur. Not everyone remembers the Lord when being on the beach.


Specially not when they look at all the babes and hunks in bikinis and bathing trunks. :-D

Oooh, Fuzzy, that was almost a poem:

Babes and hunks
In bikinis and trunks.
Whales and sea otters,
Whistles and grunts.


LMAO

So I was your muse? I'll be darned ... ROTFLMAO!!!!

Always at your service. :-D


Which leads back to religion, because the muses were goddesses or spirits of the Greek mythology. Seems, Qui-Gon kind of adores you, Fuzzy. ;-)

Originally there were but only three muses mentioned: Aoidē ("song" or "voice"), Meletē ("practice" or "occasion"), and Mnēmē ("memory"), but centuries later, the European Renaissance established 9 muses:
* Calliope (the "beautiful of speech", chief of the muses and muse of epic or heroic poetry)
* Clio (the "glorious one", muse of history)
* Erato (the "amorous one", muse of love or erotic poetry, lyrics, and marriage songs)
* Euterpe (the "well-pleasing", muse of music and lyric poetry)
* Melpomene (the "chanting one", muse of tragedy)
* Polyhymnia or Polymnia (the "[singer] of many hymns", muse of sacred song, oratory, lyric, singing and rhetoric)
* Terpsichore (the "[one who] delights in dance", muse of choral song and dance)
* Thalia (the "blossoming one", muse of comedy and bucolic poetry)
* Urania (the "celestial one", muse of astronomy)

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Message 661587 - Posted: 18 Oct 2007, 0:00:25 UTC - in response to Message 661512.  
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Now that is impressive---especially for a sand sculpture...

I totally concur. Not everyone remembers the Lord when being on the beach.


Specially not when they look at all the babes and hunks in bikinis and bathing trunks. :-D

Oooh, Fuzzy, that was almost a poem:

Babes and hunks
In bikinis and trunks.
Whales and sea otters,
Whistles and grunts.


LMAO

So I was your muse? I'll be darned ... ROTFLMAO!!!!

Always at your service. :-D


Which leads back to religion, because the muses were goddesses or spirits of the Greek mythology. Seems, Qui-Gon kind of adores you, Fuzzy. ;-)

Originally there were but only three muses mentioned: Aoidē ("song" or "voice"), Meletē ("practice" or "occasion"), and Mnēmē ("memory"), but centuries later, the European Renaissance established 9 muses:
* Calliope (the "beautiful of speech", chief of the muses and muse of epic or heroic poetry)
* Clio (the "glorious one", muse of history)
* Erato (the "amorous one", muse of love or erotic poetry, lyrics, and marriage songs)
* Euterpe (the "well-pleasing", muse of music and lyric poetry)
* Melpomene (the "chanting one", muse of tragedy)
* Polyhymnia or Polymnia (the "[singer] of many hymns", muse of sacred song, oratory, lyric, singing and rhetoric)
* Terpsichore (the "[one who] delights in dance", muse of choral song and dance)
* Thalia (the "blossoming one", muse of comedy and bucolic poetry)
* Urania (the "celestial one", muse of astronomy)


Ah, Qui-Gon and I have been friends for a very long time, I don't know if he adores me, but yes, we are known each other for a long time and have had a lot of fun together. :-)

Exactly, the ideas of the muses supports that thought that spiritual or divine inspiration exists, that inspiration comes from a higher place or source, it's not only your own creativity. This phenomenon is also known from religious sources as revelations. In psychology it's known as the AHA experience, where you suddenly gain an insight in things, you have been pondered on for hours, and suddenly, like a snap of your fingers, BINGO!!! you suddenly get a solution or a whole new understanding of what you were pondering.

Naming the different divine sources of inspiration and seeing them as women, well that's nice. :-D We like to be seen as inspirations for men's creativity. ;-D


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Message 664041 - Posted: 22 Oct 2007, 2:15:55 UTC

No matter how much I practice, I'll never be good enough.

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Message 664047 - Posted: 22 Oct 2007, 2:19:50 UTC - in response to Message 664041.  

No matter how much I practice, I'll never be good enough.

Are you trying for batting average or on base percentage?
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Message 664057 - Posted: 22 Oct 2007, 2:30:11 UTC - in response to Message 664047.  

No matter how much I practice, I'll never be good enough.

Are you trying for batting average or on base percentage?

just enough to sneak through.

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Message 664070 - Posted: 22 Oct 2007, 2:42:11 UTC - in response to Message 664057.  

No matter how much I practice, I'll never be good enough.

Are you trying for batting average or on base percentage?

just enough to sneak through.

An intentional walk is just as good.
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Message 664081 - Posted: 22 Oct 2007, 2:59:01 UTC - in response to Message 664070.  

No matter how much I practice, I'll never be good enough.

Are you trying for batting average or on base percentage?

just enough to sneak through.

An intentional walk is just as good.

yep, but I still like a good Bunt.

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Message 664110 - Posted: 22 Oct 2007, 3:38:29 UTC - in response to Message 664081.  

No matter how much I practice, I'll never be good enough.

Are you trying for batting average or on base percentage?

just enough to sneak through.

An intentional walk is just as good.

yep, but I still like a good Bunt.

Always down the 3rd base side.
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Message 664209 - Posted: 22 Oct 2007, 5:30:50 UTC - in response to Message 664110.  

No matter how much I practice, I'll never be good enough.

Are you trying for batting average or on base percentage?

just enough to sneak through.

An intentional walk is just as good.

yep, but I still like a good Bunt.

Always down the 3rd base side.

wow I get to 3rd base.

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