right. So I need to say, that the date may have sucked, but Tom Scola does NOT suck. He knows I will call him and yell at him, so he needs to RECOGNIZE. Dating is hard, and not at all fun, and the fact that he is out there trying is so much of the awesome and strong person that he is, that I don't even know. He's laughing right now, because he knows I will call him and yell at him saying that exact same thing.

ION, I suck at dating.

I doubt it. And if there's any truth to it, it's simply that you are not generous with the sharing of The Scola. You're quiet and it takes you a while to warm to people (I used to think that you didn't like me, now we make out at every F2F, it just takes time). Unfortunately, when you're dating, you gotta put yourself out there. People today aren't willing to do the work that it really takes to get to know someone.

You're quiet and it takes you a while to warm to people Unfortunately, when you're dating, you gotta put yourself out there.

You were listening in on my therapy session today, weren't you?

Apparently, the humble banana is an atheist's nightmare. [link]

I used to think that you didn't like me, now we make out at every F2F, it just takes time

We need to start putting this on F2F t-shirts for those who would like to purchase one. (Not that everyone makes out with people.)

Bird is the Word

It's one thing to rip the poor guy's beak off, but then to sign your name (illegibly) in its place? For shame, Halko! Or maybe Nillo...Mouo? Dang, this Wreckerator must have written code for the NSA in a former life; I have no idea what that says.

Also,

And lastly, if you've ever wondered what would happen if Oscar the Grouch and Big Bird had a lovechild...

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Here's something to cheer us up - the LHC is back online!

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My brother got to tour the LHC facility this summer.

Bastard.

Apparently, the humble banana is an atheist's nightmare.

I'm not entirely sure that 'banana' isn't a euphemism here.

I could also say something about artificial selection if indeed they are talking about an actual banana.

Huh. I've never heard of Pelmanism before. But now I know Pelmanism is not tommyrot.

Can it be “tommyrot” when such people advocate Pelmanism? (Oct, 1925)

Here are only a few of many famous men and women who advocate Pelmanism, and who use its principles themselves. With this testimony before you, can you doubt that it will benefit you ? Find out what Pelmanism has already done for over 650,000 people—send for a copy of the free book illustrated below.

NO doubt you have often heard of Pelmanism, but probably you have carelessly thought of it as “just another new-fangled movement. Some more tommyrot! The usual mental-pep stuff!”

Can it, however, be “tommyrot,” when such people as those pictured here, men and women of the highest intelligence and distinction—prominent statesmen, artists, novelists, jurists, business men, military men, publicists—advocate Pelmanism in the most enthusiastic terms?

Pelmanism has spread, with the force of a religious movement, all over the world. There is no secret as to how it performs its seeming miracles of regeneration among discouraged people. It takes the principles of Applied Psychology, simplifies them so that they can be understood by everybody, and then arranges them into a remarkable system of mental training.

The results of this system are sometimes almost unbelievable. It helps its users in the most practical way. It changes their outlook upon life; it changes their circumstances. They begin to accomplish things they had heretofore only dreamed of. They do more, earn more. Instances are on record (on file and open to inspection), where income has increased 800, 900, and 1,000 per cent. Yet, remarkable though they may seem, these results can be simply explained.