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Expertise: Synchronicity, man's inhumanity to man, information entropy, post-classical mechanics, and pretentious profiles. Nuclear physics. Judicial shamanism.
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| All the Hadrons Money Can Buy"The United States was seeking to dismiss a lawsuit by two worried
citizens aimed at preventing anyone from throwing the big switch at the
Large Hadron Collider. The government's principal response, I'm sorry
to report, wasn't that there's no chance that
switching on the Large Hadron Collider will bring about the end of the
world, but rather that a six-year statute of limitations has already
passed."
http://www.slate.com/id/2194503?nav=wp
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| Punning LinguistFive pages. Five pages in there is a horrible pun!
I am reading this book because it is supposed to change my opinion of Terry Pratchett, but I don't know. He certainly does interesting situations. But then he has to go and ruin things with those puns of his!
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| Moritheil's Xanga MetacontestFreeeVerse pointed out that the number of contests in Xanga is rapidly growing. First, the idea of Xangalebrities led naturally to a Miss Xanga contest, which spawned a corresponding Mr. Xanga contest. But truly, this was only the tip of the iceberg.
My friends, I am here to kick it up a notch.
I hereby announce a Xanga Metacontest: A contest to see who can design and run the best contest!
Here are the categories:
1. Originality. Is the contest original? Originality pertains not
only to concept but execution - if someone came up with a really clever
way of doing an unoriginal contest topic they'd still have some
originality.
2. Mood. How good is the humour behind it? Is it understandable? Or
is the contest dead serious? Is it too pretentious? Not serious at all?
3. Professionalism. How well-administered is this contest? Is it confusing? Was effort put in?
4. Extra. A category for all the questions that don't fit in other categories.
Within each category judges will ask 3-5 questions to determine where each contest stands.
They will also, of course, observe your contest.
Meet your lovely judges: CallMeQuell, FreeeVerse, blanket_attack, onlyfr33b33, and complicatedlight!
Now, go out there and make contests!  Submit known contests in the comments section!
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| Argument With A FriendTo make this happen I will war on everything in creation.
A friend of mine sees this as horribly irresponsible. She is, ironically, an existentialist, but also a Confucian scholar. Duty, obligation - these are things of great import to her. Career, then family, then dating. These are her priorities.
I have been wearing the chains of duty and obligation for my entire life. Willingly, mind you. But allowing myself to be weighed down at this point ensures that I will never go where I should.
"If you meet the Buddha in the road, kill him."
It is my duty to ignore my apparent, immediate duty. It is my obligation to grasp the day firmly with my two hands and chase destiny. It is my sacred task to clear the path.
You may break a smaller oath to fulfil a greater oath. You may make a small betrayal, permit a small falsehood, for the sake of something much larger and greater. What I am doing appears irresponsible, but that cannot be helped. I have a larger obligation and a more primal responsibility. The grand design is moving here.
Get the fuck out of my way.
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| TradeoffsWould you marry your ideal spouse if it meant quitting the family business?
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