Magnet Collision in Slow Motion like Iron Man Nanobot suit up - YouTube

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

Wouldn't this level of attraction make a great ad for an online dating site?

Okay, here's a question. How much of the time do you have a song playing in your head?

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

All the time, there is always a song playing but sometimes I will get one on loop. That can be a bit tiresome. Waiting for the End of the World by Elvis Costello was playing this morning but there were a few others before Nature Boy by Nat King Cole took prominence, it will be something else by this evening.

She looks so sweet but every time I move she tries to eat me! ?

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

I had a girlfriend like that years ago, it was very distracting.

Platitudes kind of piss me off. I'm not sure why. They always seem false and devoid of action.

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

'Get fucked you cunt.' That's one of my favourites, never seems false or devoid of action. :)

Peaceful protests (such as take a knee movement in the nfl) should always be LEGAL!

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

Americans forget that white players took a knee to protest the KKK lynching blacks back in the 1950's, everyone thought they were great guys for doing it. Could be a pigmentation thing and if it is I hope that the 80% of black players call in sick next Sunday so the bigots can enjoy their game.

What do you think about accepting a friend request from your ex on Facebook?

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

There is a reason they're your EX, they are no longer in your life in a personal way. Why would anyone allow someone they just spent a bunch of money getting out of their life back into their personal life? This makes no sense to me. By EX I mean ex-wife, I have an ex-girlfriend on my FB page, she shares her account with her husband who is a decent guy. My wife doesn't FB anymore and isn't on my FB friends, that list has been pared down to less than 50 from a few hundred back when I used to admin some expat groups and I picked up a bunch of people along the way.

Guilt and Shame -- how much is too much, how little is too little?

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

I think that it is more important to teach children Cause and Effect because that's how the world actually works. Guilt and Shame are just tools to control people, to make them conform and obey. How will people raise with Guilt and Shame ever learn to understand what it is to be Free?

The origanl radio recordings.

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

I'm young enough to remember the original BBC TV series but not the BBC radio series. 'Of mice and men? , what do men have to do with anything?' :D

Today is National Wine Day If you drink wine, what kind is your favorite?

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

I used to prefer a good Cabernet Sauvignon from South Africa but after living in South America for a few years I developed a taste for the Malbecs and the Carmeneres from Argentina and Chile. Since it is now summer in Canada we will be switching over to Chardonnays, Sauvignon Blancs and Fumee' Blancs with a reserve for some of the Spanish sparkling whites and the Portuguese Vino Verdes.

Filed.

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

I hope it works out for you but don't lower your guard until everything is signed, sealed and delivered. I did and it cost me a bundle, possibly because I got divorced in the early 90's when as my very expensive lawyer put it 'You have the bad luck to get a divorce at the worst time in history for a white man.' My kids are in their 30's now, I still send a cheque every month because it is cheaper than the next round of lawyers fees to stop this merry go round but I am thinking about cutting the cord this year. Enough is enough.

The truth about the virgin birth

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

I thought Jesus was a Capicorn, turns out he was a Capitalist Bastard.

Sooo.

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

I was going to say dress down and look as bad as possible but he may just see that as a turn on. Best thing is just be up front and cancel, unfriend him and learn a lesson from it.

Shoot straight from the hip..

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

As a buddy of mine used to always say 'Jok'em if they can't take a fuck.'

If anybody feels they can explain men to me, I'd appreciate that. I need a refresher course.

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

It depends upon who you ask, some would suggest that men are simply a life support system for a penis and others would say that men are the perfect compliment to a strong and intelligent woman, there are lots of opinions filling up the middle ground but it depends upon the woman.

If anybody feels they can explain men to me, I'd appreciate that. I need a refresher course.

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

Could anybody explain human beings to me? I am pretty certain that the lunatics took over the asylum a long time ago and have been running things ever since.

I shouldn't have to state the obvious, but men on this website who are hoping to date might want to ...

Surfpirate comments on May 25, 2018:

I can understand why you would be offended by misogynistic comments, any attack rooted in sexism is a nonstarter as far as I'm concerned but isn't it also helpful to have those people self identify for you. No point in wasting the cost of a cup of coffee on a date with someone you wouldn't cross the street to say hello to, is there? My wife and I don't agree on everything (thank goodness - how boring would that be) but our discourse is always respectful of each other, no matter what the topic. We would never seek to muzzle each others opinion as it defeats the whole purpose and undermines being in an open and trusting relationship.

I really want to find someone to share this amazing sunmer with

Surfpirate comments on May 24, 2018:

I bet if you put an ad on Craigslist explaining that you were an Atheist looking for companionship then you would get oodles of calls from nice, Christian girls hoping to save you. If it's just for the summer then why not? You might even save one of those nice, Christian girls from a lifetime of guilt and repression. ;)

Reality..

Surfpirate comments on May 24, 2018:

Isn't it odd that people feel a sense of loss when they give up something as vile as religion? It's like climbing out of a cesspool and washing all that shit off in the shower and then looking down the drain with remorse because you are suddenly clean. People are very strange indeed.

What's with the points?

Surfpirate comments on May 24, 2018:

But you're an 8 and an 8.4 at that? Ah the wild fantasies that drift through my head of one day becoming an 8. I'm just a lowly 7, dare I dream of ever becoming an 8? Dare I risk touching the sun? ;)

Last year, the local Catholic Church here in southern Delaware placed a thousand white crosses on ...

Surfpirate comments on May 24, 2018:

Call the Police, well so much for calling for the age old rite of Sanctuary. :D I would have thought that those crosses represented all the people who committed suicide after being sexually molested as children by pedophiles in the Catholic Church and they better add a lot more crosses. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qMx-Lv_eZ3s

Fake healers.

Surfpirate comments on May 24, 2018:

Can you just imagine being in a car accident and the EMS wheels you into Emergency and you find this jack ass standing there waiting to treat you? :O

Question about death?

Surfpirate comments on May 24, 2018:

There would have to be some proof that they were still alive. If you are lost at sea and there is no body to prove that you died then you are still declared dead after 7 years.

Breaking Up: Why Is Leaving Religion So Hard? Hasidic

Surfpirate comments on May 24, 2018:

At the very least your wallet is 10 percent to the good and you gain a bunch of free time that is no longer wasted on religion. I can see why the religion would be upset at losing the money and the free labour but not sure why the person who is now free wouldn't be thrilled with their new freedom. Old habits die hard is the only explanation that comes to mind.

A new friend of mine who is wanting to start up a business in past life regression therapy wants me ...

Surfpirate comments on May 24, 2018:

Past life regression therapy entails deep state hypnosis if memory serves me well. Anything can be implanted into your psyche under those conditions, personally I don't need or want anyone stirring up the cobwebs of my mind, I spent a lot of time and care creating that lair of spiders and snakes. ;)

Is pee stored in the balls?

Surfpirate comments on May 24, 2018:

FDA approved Snapple?

Prayer in US schools? It IS allowed, just not enforced.

Surfpirate comments on May 24, 2018:

If they are going to have voluntary prayer groups that's a good thing as it allows the school to identify the kids who need Ritalin. :D

If Burma became free of all threats of Islamic terrorism.

Surfpirate comments on May 24, 2018:

I did a bit of research on Burma as a retirement destination several years ago and found it to be far to unstable and repressive for my liking. Beautiful country but far too dangerous to live or invest.

We can't be having that.

Surfpirate comments on May 24, 2018:

If you go to most fundamentalist religious groups you are hard pressed to find anyone with an advanced degree unless it is in Religious Studies. lol Education and Faith are in direct opposition to each other, little wonder the religious don't 'science'.

Cosby has been found guilty of aggravated assault.

Surfpirate comments on May 23, 2018:

Old Weird Harold needs to make amends and do the time, that it took this long to get him to justice is immaterial.

Some new pics of my native Texas Clematis.

Surfpirate comments on May 23, 2018:

Are you sure that's a Clematis? It looks a lot like a Workshop Vine. ;)

Million dollar idea - An app that automatically disables your cell service and your phone camera ...

Surfpirate comments on May 23, 2018:

They have that function already, you just hit the button on the side of the phone and it turns off.

Good book...

Surfpirate comments on May 23, 2018:

If by good you mean entertaining then the Jack Reacher series by Lee Childs is a fun read. If you want something heavier then you might want to try some non-fiction, reality is usually stranger and heavier than fiction.

Songs with a woman's name in the title

Surfpirate comments on May 23, 2018:

Ruby don't take your love to town - Kenny Rogers Candy-O - The Cars Brandy (you're a fine girl) - Looking Glass Daylight Katy - Gordon Lightfoot Me and Bobby McGee - Kris Kristofferson Bobby is a woman in his version

Songs with a woman's name in the title

Surfpirate comments on May 23, 2018:

Runaround Sue - Dion https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ID-jsd0HGZs

What's in your coffee?

Surfpirate comments on May 23, 2018:

Very strong, spoon standing up in the mug strong, from a french press, a touch of half and half cream and a bit of sugar to take the edge off and because I'm not sweet enough on my own. :)

The Irony of it is, that "if" there was such a personge, the average self descirbed evangelical, ...

Surfpirate comments on May 23, 2018:

If the way they treat the Mexican Jesus who cuts their lawn is any indication then I would say you have a valid point.

What's the best response to those who say their "blessed and highly favored?

Surfpirate comments on May 23, 2018:

Psalms 16:18 'Pride goeth before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall.' That might do the trick as a response, considering the context. :)

The Handmaid's Tale.

Surfpirate comments on May 23, 2018:

The Handmaid's Tale was one of those books that you had to read in high school for English class. Margaret Atwood may have had the benefit of being on the outside looking at parts of American society and then extrapolating where that might take things in the future. There is a dark side to American culture that has always given me the creeps as a Canadian, thankfully that dark side is still in the minority.

As a Canadian I have always wondered why Americans seem to all fly American flags outside of their ...

Surfpirate comments on May 23, 2018:

As a Canadian I always found this in your face patriotism rather weird when I was living in the States, maybe because we are more low key about our patriotism in Canada. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRI-A3vakVg

'Deep Sleep', on the theme of loneliness and depression. By me.

Surfpirate comments on May 23, 2018:

I see someone asleep on a sandy ocean bottom, makes me feel like I am scuba diving.

I've been doing some serious TVing.

Surfpirate comments on May 23, 2018:

I would say that the US hasn't been this polarized since the American Civil War, friends say it was the same towards the end of the Vietnam War. Either way it does not bode well for the country.

Thoughts on "things happen for a reason"

Surfpirate comments on May 23, 2018:

Woody Allen once said that 80 percent of success in life is just showing up. The other 20% is following up. Cause and effect, you have to put yourself in the right place at the right time and then you have to follow through with whatever opportunity arises. Manning up as you put it is the follow through.

One of the annoying things about the current US regime is it's approval of people acting like ...

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

I believe it was Voltaire that said - 'I Disapprove of What You Say, But I Will Defend to the Death Your Right to Say It' Somehow I doubt that the morons pictured above would grant others that courtesy.

Any atheists that have “come out” to a very religious family?

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

I came out a long time ago, half of my family is JW and the other half is Agnostic or Atheist. The JW's stopped trying to win me over because I was doing too good of a job winning them over to the side of logic. They take solace in the JW teaching that once Armageddon comes and I am destroyed by Jehovah's army of angels, the world will be made anew and all memory will be wiped from their minds as though they never knew me so they won't miss me. How messed up is that? :D

Stop praying!

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

Sending thoughts and prayers, hope they never catch him.

Does anyone else believe that since ALL first dates are so strange and sometimes stressful that we ...

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

I think you should consider giving most people a 2nd date just to make sure you really aren't interested.

Hello Hello ...anyone here? ...... Hello Hello ..... I don't even hear any echo!

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

I'm sorry but there is nobody here to accept your call at the moment, please leave a message and we will return your call as soon as we can, honest, really, no kidding, I mean it, we'll call you. :)

I just moved into a downstairs apartment, wow I need earplugs ?

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

Bose makes great noise canceling headphones, pricey but worth it.

With the changing views on gender indentity, are there certain expectations you’d like to see done...

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

A camel toe or moose knuckle while wearing yoga pants? Whatever, not my business and probably no worse than some of the stuff people wear to WalMart, which is probably why I never go to WalMart.

Its my appraisal tomorrow.

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

I was building a luxury hotel for a client and he had brought on the hotel manager before the hotel was ready to open due to the usual construction delays that go with a hotel build, changes, etc. It didn't take me too long to realize that the hotel manager was stealing, not that I was surprised because he was a real weasel of a person and the head of Mormons in the area, so I brought my findings to the client as it is my job to protect his interests. The evidence was black and white with a pretty strong paper trail but the hotel manager was so far up the client's butt that we had nicknamed him Bootsy as that's all you could see of him sticking out the client's ass whenever he was around. The next morning the hotel manager was called into the boardroom and the client tore a strip off of him but this cat was so slick and so sleazy that within an hour he had the whole thing turned around and was blaming me for stirring up trouble and undermining morale. I had taken the job almost to completion after picking it up part way through construction and several million dollars in the hole, brought it back to profitability through many long hours and frankly I was now sick of the job but couldn't leave because in my business code you finish what you start. This was an overseas job so I needed a work permit and as the time for renewal of the permit approached there was no sign that the paperwork had been processed, turns out the hotel manager had played politics and made sure my paperwork got lost at immigration. The day my work permit expired the client and the hotel manager called a snap meeting and gave me 'the bad news', I told them it wasn't a problem, business is business. I left my staff on the job as their work permits were tied to the project and partnered with another local in a new business. The heads of department told the client that the job would be put behind by 6 months and to expect losses of at least a million bucks as I was the only person who knew where everything was, it turned out that they underestimated the delays and the costs, closer to a year in delays and the overruns ran into the millions. In the end the hotel manager screwed the client over completely and he lost the hotel to the bankers. You can't save some clients from themselves, no matter how hard you try.

I find it interesting what people display on the back of their vehicle.

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

Identified and noted, I grew up just down the street from Geddy Lee, he had the coolest red Ferrari back in the 80's.

So I am fairly new.

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

I can tell you right now that you are definitely not an Atheist and if you believe that Jesus exists and is a great guy then it is unlikely that the term Agnostic would apply either. Maybe you are just questioning religion and feeling confused which is a perfectly normal way to feel. Answers come from asking questions, the better the questions, the better the answers. Stick around for a bit, see if you like it and find it worthwhile, either way I wish you all the best in your quest.

Pessimist or realist, you choose.

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

Statistically I should have another decade or two left in this body, I've worked it pretty hard and the wear and tear are already starting to show. I'm not afraid of dying anymore and while I don't embrace it I will deal with that shit when it comes. Maybe I'll wake up dead tomorrow but until that happens I will continue to live my life fully, prepared for the worst but ready to accept the best.

Hello.

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

I believe you are right on all of your points, civility has gone the way of the Dodo Bird, the religious can't seem to wait for the apocalypse to arrive and common sense is a gift that is rare and seldom seen. Welcome to the group of most civil, sane and reasonable people that make up this site - we have a few nutters of our own just to keep things from getting boring. ;)

Republican Who Claims Holocaust Was Orchestrated by Gay Nazis Wins Enough Support for Massachusetts ...

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

You really can't make this shit up, can you? Surreal. :D

Love and belief

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

I got burned so bad by a Pentecostal girl once that I thought I was cremated - never again.

Not much scares me.

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

LOL, he's been selling that cheap survivor shit for a few years now, a new low for what used to be a first class scam artist, prison messed him up, definitely third class at best now. :D I do miss Tammy Fay, she was entertaining in a Liberace kind of way. My ex-wife used to watch it with her grandma, so it was often on around the house.

Friday the Fascist republican Freedom Caucasians were holding the Farm Bill hostage to force a ...

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

I don't follow US politics that closely but there seems to be a move afoot to push out the small players and give over food production to agribusiness. Nothing surprises me anymore. :(

Kids say the darnedest things.....

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

Teachers have no sense of humour and some of them seem to have no sense at all. Classic case in point. Little Johnny comes home from schoolnsfw He says to his father, "Dad, our math teacher is asking to see you." "What happened?" the father asks. "Well, she asks me, 'how much is 7x9?' I answer '63' , then she asks, 'and 9x7?' so I asked 'what's the fucking difference?' " "What is the difference?" asks the father. ''Sure, I'll go.'' The next day, Johnny comes home from school "Dad, have you gone by the school?" He asks. "Not yet." "Well when you do, come and see the gym teacher also." "Why?" asks the father. Johnny explains, "Well, we had a gym class today, and he asked me to raise my left arm, I did. Then my right arm, I also raised it. Then he asked me to lift my right leg, so I did. 'Now,' he says, 'lift your left leg,' so I asked 'The fuck am I suppose to do, stand on my dick!?'" "Exactly," says the father. "Alright, I'll come." The next day, Little Johnny asks his father "Did you go to the school?" "No, not yet." "Don't bother, I got expelled." Surprised, the father asks "Why did you get expelled?" "Well, they summoned me to the principal's office, and sitting there were the math teacher, the gym teacher, and the art teacher." "The fuck was the art teacher doing there?" asks the father. "That's what I asked!" said Little Johnny.

Kids say the darnedest things.....

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

But he's correct?

I laugh at this every time I see it.

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

I laugh too but a small part of me also cries a bit, generally they just make me want to have nothing to do with stupid people.

Asexuality

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

You may have more luck with a guy who has had a vasectomy for a long time. I still like sex but it certainly calmed me down after the first decade of being 'fixed'

I'm tired of the fatalists and the apathetic.

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

As much fun as some people have sharing blue skies and puffy white clouds (not to even mention unicorns fartin rainbows) there are other people that love to share their black clouds and lightning (some go as far as fire and brimstone). People, you can't live with them and its against the law to shoot them. :D

My favorite quote to Theists since I was 6! LOL

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

Enquiring xstian minds only bother to read The National Enquirer. :D

Are priests capable of molesting children demonstrating their own lack of belief in eternal ...

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

The mystique that the Church has built around itself extends to priests and they are perceived as being otherworldly by true believers, so they can do no wrong or be held accountable for their actions in the way that lesser mortals are. That said, I recall a story of a village priest who impregnated several women in Italy during WWII while the husbands were away fighting. When the surviving soldiers returned home to several new babies with a striking resemblance to the parish priest it was decided that matters had to be taken in hand. They dragged the priest to the town square in the middle of the night, tied him to one of the trees and when he confessed after a sound beating it was decided to make it impossible for him to procreate again. A knife was considered but drawing blood was felt to be a sin so they used two bricks to do the job. The priest was found unconscious the next morning, still tied to the tree, the bricks weighing down his robes so that all could see that justice had been done. The Church removed the priest and didn't replace him for more than a year, nobody seemed to mind.

"One without purpose yet without purposelessness".

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

I learned a long time ago to not try to push the river but instead to ride the current. It doesn't mean my life isn't busy but I'm a recovering workaholic now and good with that.

I recently went from Christian to Atheist as things just made a hell of a lot more sense as I ...

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

Be Well

But our country was built on Christianity...ok, got it. (sarcasm)

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

Just because the founding fathers were largely Deists and specifically proscribed any link between church and state; well that doesn't mean anything. Is it just me or are too many children being dropped on their heads at birth with the result that there are so many religitards running around the US of A?

Angst is the dread that accompanies an examined life.

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

Some people ask the question WHY? and others don't.

Single, Married, Divorced, Widowed.

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

Married 11 years, then divorced for 7 years and happily married for 20 years this fall.

Well its 2 in the morning.

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

I sustained a traumatic back injury a few years ago, wound up walking with a cane for 6 months. Chiropractic helped a bit, GP and Surgeon said nothing could be done but referred me to a Physiotherapist and that was my path to recovery. A year later I am off the pills and operating at 80% and still improving. The treatments have me to the point where it is mostly in my hands now, I need to work on certain muscle groups now to strengthen them and take the pressure off the nerve damaged areas, I can even feel my left leg now which had been numb since the accident. Physio isn't covered here unless you are a senior citizen but it was worth the money. Even if you just get the initial exam and some exercises and stretches it would help you. I picked up an Obusform deep massager at a yard sale for $17, brand new in the box and it was a good investment for those times when I have a flare up and my back or shoulder locks up. Hope some of these suggestions help, the pills will rot your guts out if you take them long enough.

General fretting and anxieties: I'm struggling to get to the end of my first crack at novel ...

Surfpirate comments on May 22, 2018:

Your characters may be writing themselves but you have the final veto, see where they take you and change it later if you want to.

What attracts you to someone?

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

A total package, intelligence, sense of humour, quirkiness, independence, style and grace, long legs and a beautiful face - plus a spark that can't be quantified but when I see it I recognize it and I don't see it very often. Rare and seldom seen.

Hmmmmm, if god can see everything does that mean he's into the illicit kinds of pornography and has ...

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

If the Abrahamic God was real then he would have existed long enough to have seen every kind of kink imaginable and a few more besides, pornography probably wouldn't cut it, he'd be that twisted.

Name something your mother always said. ????

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

'Don't go upstairs empty handed' and 'It costs no more to be nice'.

Michael Pollan: Can Psychedelics Save the World? - Rolling Stone

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

Lots of info now coming out that psychedelics are much better for resolving mental health issues than current pharmaceuticals. Since the world is a virtual asylum anymore then it stands to reason that the world would benefit from massive doses of psychedelics.

What's the last thing you said to the person you were leaving on the way out of your last ...

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

You're a beautiful person and we are great friends but we just aren't good together as lovers. (in fairness she was really hot, looked a lot like Barbie but she just didn't click with me, we are still friends)

Am I the only one who finds jealously to a degree completely pointless?

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

Jealousy is the sort of thing that you outgrow, usually by the time you are in your 30's if not sooner. If someone wants to be with you and stay with you then they will, and that's how it should be. Trust the one you love and accept them as they are, anything else is just drama.

Saw this painting at a hospital where my daughter was receiving surgery, reminded me of this comic.

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

HA HA! :D

EDIT: There's a distinct possibility that this is a misrepresentation.

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypW9ptwviRU

Does it make anyone wonder why we are giving the US Military $600 Billion more this year to keep us ...

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

Who exactly is attacking the continental USA? Nobody. The military has never been there to make US citizens safe but to support US business interests abroad. There hasn't been a serious threat to the US since the cold war ended, everything else is just wars for profit.

Whaddaya think?

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

I would agree that this is true for most people, that fictional identity is all they have to hold onto but for others it is just a starting point. The road less traveled is often a hard slog but it is worth it.

The New Foreign Secretary For The U.

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

Quid Pro Quo, Iran should do the same provided that the US and Israel do the same. 1) Get rid of all their nukes 2) Withdraw all their troops from foreign nations in the Middle East 3) Stop bombing and missile strikes in the Middle East, particularly in Palestine 4) Reign in their expansionist influence in the Middle East I'm sure there is more but since none of it will be done does it even matter?

Do libraries put the Bible in fiction or non fiction?

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

I was going to ask the local librarian who is also a personal friend, that question on Thursday but she was tired and cranky so I put it off for another time. Will have to remember to ask her on Thursday when my next pile of books and DVD's come in from the main library on the mainland. I'd have thought the Fantasy section would have been best.

A few years back I visited the Mayan ruins at Chichen Itza.

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

When I lived in South America I visited numerous archeological sites, including Machu Picchu and the Valley Sagrado, plus Carel which predates the Pyramid of Giza by several thousand years. Some of the stone work I saw was awe inspiring both for its intricacy and its sheer massiveness. This wall segment at the Inca fortress of Ollantaytambo is indicative of how accomplished the stonework is. I have built a lot of major buildings but none of my crew would be able to replicate this stonework, maybe if diamonds saws and argon pulse lasers were used but certainly not with stone and copper tools. It's a mystery and all the more so when you consider that the Inca say that these stone edifices predate their ancestors.

Does anyone here believe in the atheist religion of Anton Lavey? The Church Of Satan!

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

I would never be a member of a club that would have me as a member.

Sneeze comment

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

Since a sneeze spews thousands of germs it is a good idea to tell someone to cover their mouth. Bless you goes back to the ignorant and superstitious notion that the devil would try to enter person after a sneeze when in fact the person was potentially spreading disease to others.

Happy Victoria Day!

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

Come to Canada, we have cookies, maple flavoured. :)

Actually saying just have Faith that the Bible true is the same as saying well I believe Alternative...

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

Exactly, it takes all kinds. :D

The Eighth Amendment.

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

Abortion Laws are the clearest indication that the government and the church view people as chattels and therefore need to control the power of procreation of said chattels.

The recent posts on reproductive rights and abortion hit close to home for me so I have some pretty ...

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

It always amazes me to see how insidious patriarchy is in our society, how religious dogma interjects itself into everyone's life, even the non-religious. Women should never allow anyone to dictate what they can or cannot do with their own body, any more than a man would but because of patriarchal religious morality that is exactly what happens. An unwanted pregnancy can and should be terminated by a woman for whatever reason she deems acceptable, just as any other elective medical procedure should be her choice and hers alone. Having to factor in medical costs for contraception is uncivilized but because of religious pressures that is exactly the world we live in, when we give up freedom over our own bodies then we are giving up one of our most basic freedoms. We need as a society to stop stigmatizing abortion because all we are doing is giving into religious control over our lives. Choosing to have a child or not is a personal choice that has far reaching consequences and is no business of religion or the state.

What is the best view you have ever had from your house?

Surfpirate comments on May 21, 2018:

This is the view from here this morning, there's a doe down by the road that has just come up from the river where it had a drink. Wherever I go I need to be close to water, no necessarily on it but I need to be able to see it, I find it's energizing.

HELP.

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

Have you tried your local library, they usually have a good selection of DVD's you can take out and if they don't have what you want they can often bring it in from other branches. I don't watch TV because there is no cable on the island where I live but I do borrow DVD's from the library so I get to choose the better programs and avoid all the mind candy that is on cable TV.

How do you define "incredible" sex?

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

There's only good sex - there is no bad.

From the "Penthouse Sexicon" of some 50 years ago:- Adult: One old enough to do it.

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

Adultery is no longer even relevant in Canadian divorce court as grounds for a divorce.

I saw a meme with Stephan Hawkins in the stars .

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

Like this one?

I'm going to be so busy tomorrow.

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

Jeez, you are going to be busy tomorrow, good luck with the stair climb. It's a national holiday tomorrow, here in Canada, I'll probably have a few beers and hang out with some friends, nothing as ambitious as you.

Israel and Iran fighting each other in Syria.

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

Real bullets, real blood and lurking in the background are the real nukes that Israel coyly denies having but everyone knows they have, about 100 of them. Fanatics and nuclear weapons are always a bad combination.

That moment when you are in the irrigation ditch and see a little garter snake and think thats ok ...

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

I was never concerned much about snakes until I moved to the Tropics, northern snakes are happy to slink away for the most part but once you get near the Equator they tend to come after you instead and most of them are poisonous.

Did the city of Atlantis exist?

Surfpirate comments on May 20, 2018:

The field of underwater archeology is still in its infancy. Most of the work centers around shipwrecks, particularly treasure ships which is something I know a little bit about as someone who has done some underwater metal detecting. Certainly there have been changes in sea levels over the course of history and in prehistory, there have also been subsidences in land masses that are quite normal from a geological perspective. So did Atlantis exist? possibly Was Atlantis the way Homer described it? possibly Time will tell.