Negative -- This latest installment of the series is the most offensive yet. Lulu the black mage has bad taste in clothes. Yuna summons beings of the "fayth". Wakka, the most religious character in the game, is portrayed as a prejudiced bully and turns on his faith under peer pressure. And tidus, the hero who is supposed to save spira (and is actually sent from his father), is ultimately described as "a dream of the fayth". There are too many play on words, such as: "Maester" (pastor), "yevon" (heaven), "fayth". The game eventually comes down to saying atonement is futile, the church is corrupt, the faith is a dream of the past and humans can have heaven on earth. And it's all wrapped up with pretty graphics and nice music. My Ratings: [1/4]
--Sara, age 26
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hey that's a pretty good description. she seems to know alot about this faith thingy.VLSmooth wrote:http://www.christiananswers.net/spotlig ... asy10.html
Negative -- This latest installment of the series is the most offensive yet. Lulu the black mage has bad taste in clothes. Yuna summons beings of the "fayth". Wakka, the most religious character in the game, is portrayed as a prejudiced bully and turns on his faith under peer pressure. And tidus, the hero who is supposed to save spira (and is actually sent from his father), is ultimately described as "a dream of the fayth". There are too many play on words, such as: "Maester" (pastor), "yevon" (heaven), "fayth". The game eventually comes down to saying atonement is futile, the church is corrupt, the faith is a dream of the past and humans can have heaven on earth. And it's all wrapped up with pretty graphics and nice music. My Ratings: [1/4]
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German 'Samurai' on the Loose in Woods Near Berlin
http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=s ... samurai_dc
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Pretty cool imho: (martial arts/gymnastic music video, streamable)
http://content.collegehumor.com/media/m ... ght3-1.wmv
More Info: http://www.teamryouko.com/
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http://content.collegehumor.com/media/m ... ght3-1.wmv
More Info: http://www.teamryouko.com/
Encouragement to be more athletic. If I kept up with Tae Kwon Do from high school, I might've been able to do some of this now /sigh.What is Team Ryouko?
The Simple Answer: We are a team of Martial Artists who combine our traditional training with elements of gymnastics and break dance to create what is called Xtreme Martial Arts.
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heheheTehan uses the adage "whoever dies with the most toys wins" to describe the national mood regarding money, ...
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Chipotle Nutrition Calculator
http://www.freestartster.com/chipotle/
Chipotle Individual Item Nutrition Info:
http://www.dietfacts.com/list.asp?brand=chipotle
FYI: My common burrito:
burrito bol, rice, black beans, fajita vegetables, chicken, tomato salsa, lettuce
weighs in at:
Just finished eating one. Yum!
http://www.freestartster.com/chipotle/
Chipotle Individual Item Nutrition Info:
http://www.dietfacts.com/list.asp?brand=chipotle
FYI: My common burrito:
burrito bol, rice, black beans, fajita vegetables, chicken, tomato salsa, lettuce
weighs in at:
Code: Select all
Calories: 719
Fat: 27 g
Cholesterol: 96 mg
Sodium: 2559 mg
Carbs: 74 g
Protein: 44 g
Fiber: 2 g
So Mary Kate does have an eating disorder:
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... olsen_dc_6
Color me totally unsurprised by this development.
http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u ... olsen_dc_6
Color me totally unsurprised by this development.
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The Game. 10, baby! (Surprisingly enough, NFSW if you're really good at it.)
The Game. 10, baby! (Surprisingly enough, NFSW if you're really good at it.)
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I feel weirdly compelled to share this with the world. Scroll down to the commentary at the bottom.
I feel weirdly compelled to share this with the world. Scroll down to the commentary at the bottom.
More Marvel names than DC names could feasibly be used for vibrators and/or freaky sex toys.
Marvel -
Cyclops, Nightcrawler, The Vision, The Hulk, Juggernaut, Colossus, Professor XXX, Iron Man, Onslaught, Giant-Man,Man-Thing (judges would also accept Giant-Sized Man-Thing), Black Knight, Mr. Fantastic, Mr. Sinister, Dr. Strange, Dr. Doom, Dr. Octopus, The Shocker, Apocolypse ("It'll rock your world--into oblivion!"), Hydra, Rhino.
DC -
Superman, The Flash, Wonder Woman, Plastic Man, Elongated Lad, Amazo, Black Lightning...um, The Riddler?*
*To be fair, DC does get bonus points for owning a character that actually does share his name with a sex toy. Mr. Majestic. He is not included in the list itself 'cause he's not technically a DCU native, recent Superman issues and upcoming mini-series aside.
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Justin Frankel strikes again: a free open source notepad which stores all its contents in encypted form.
Justin Frankel strikes again: a free open source notepad which stores all its contents in encypted form.
Bono's UPenn commencement speech:
http://www.humanity.org/voices/commence ... no_at_penn
If you want to watch it, he starts speaking at 1:56 in the video.
http://www.humanity.org/voices/commence ... no_at_penn
If you want to watch it, he starts speaking at 1:56 in the video.
The Anti-Bush game.
Hehe, I beat it with half a heart remaining on Jesus, my last character remaining.
http://www.emogame.com/bushgame.html
Hehe, I beat it with half a heart remaining on Jesus, my last character remaining.
http://www.emogame.com/bushgame.html
Judge masturbates in court:
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/24/odd.j ... index.html
http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/06/24/odd.j ... index.html
In the petition, the attorney general charged Thompson used a penis pump, a device billed as providing sexual pleasure and promising better erections and larger penis size, during trials and exposed himself to a court reporter several times while masturbating on the bench.
"On one occasion, Ms. (Lisa) Foster (Thompson's court reporter for 15 years), saw Judge Thompson holding his penis up and shaving underneath it with a disposable razor while on the bench," the petition reads.
Several witnesses, including jurors in Thompson's court and police officers called to testify in trials, said in the petition they heard the "swooshing" sound of a penis pump during trials and saw the judge slumped in his chair, with his elbows on his knees, working the device. The witnesses said the pump sounded like a blood pressure cuff being pumped up.
"I am a machine fueled by oil and the blood of foreigners."Alan wrote:The Anti-Bush game.
Hehe, I beat it with half a heart remaining on Jesus, my last character remaining.
http://www.emogame.com/bushgame.html
I couldn't beat it without continuing. Jessica Lynch got the final kill.
I am clearly better than you at flash games with horrible controls that are full of left-wing propaganda. Heh. Funny game though.Jason wrote:"I am a machine fueled by oil and the blood of foreigners."Alan wrote:The Anti-Bush game.
Hehe, I beat it with half a heart remaining on Jesus, my last character remaining.
http://www.emogame.com/bushgame.html
I couldn't beat it without continuing. Jessica Lynch got the final kill.
Courney Love apparently has written a manga: Princess Ai
http://www.tokyopop.com/dbpage.php?prop ... torprofile
http://www.tokyopop.com/dbpage.php?prop ... torprofile