Dechristo

moderators, please move this to the Ice Climbing Forum.

I like the new Main Index page with highlights of forums with unread posts.

what a wimp. I get that everyday

without language, how would we think? I would argue that, for certain proseaholics, a bit more effort expended interpreting and a lot less effort wasted on constructing weighty monuments of self aggrandizement that too often fall wide of the mark would result in clearer thinking and a readership greater than one. Reading the posts of late, I believe you're more deserving of this criticism than anyone. In that, I find not a few of your posts open to manifold interpretations which, when this occurs (and almost without exception), you ascribe to shortcomings in everyone but yourself. By comparison, I find the writing of the one you disparage to be cogent and clear leaving little room for misinterpretation. But, I'm not wanting to dissuade you from polysyllabic nuance-notioned writing; I enjoy it. It's another facet of the art of communication necessary to convey ideas and a wonderful aspect of humanity.

Mexico City legislature approves law recognizing gay civil rights

without language, how would we think?

...while Republican politicians were holding their asses

You're not pro pro's at prose?

so now we're handicapping mandates?

Finally got around to watching Trainspotting last night. Some great lines, funny and somber.

Isn't that the ingredient in turkey that makes one sleepy after ingestion?

Hopeful

It will be discovered that there are genetic predispositions to conservatism and liberalism. Further, that it is a genetic mutation that allows for the "liberal" predisposition enabling and accepting change in an otherwise static "conservative" environment. This genetic discovery will be viewed as supporting both the theory of continued human evolution and the evolutionary theory of Hopeful Monsters.

and all votes for Hanging Chad go to...?

In all conceivable permutations, I say let the voters decide. Fourteen years later, it's easy to be this magnanimous.

...to that sentiment

Before which was the Bush41/Perot "syndrome" in '92. You'd have prefered a second term for Bush41 instead of the other guy elected?

I believe your favorite Johnson stood erect.

Ted?

a good example of your "moral power".

IF I understand him, it's in his distinction of and the recounting of ordinary versus extraordinary activity.

you're confusing her regard for my post with her reaction to your posts.

So, Kev, when you get home in the evening, do you spray to your wife about your going to work, accomplishing some tasks, and fending traffic to arrive safely home? Or, do you reserve this distinction for activities you believe are extraordinary?

I mandate, you mandate, we all mandate; this talk belongs here, anyway.

Telling mommy that you've poopied your britches, again?