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I'm going to eat 1.3kg of watery quorn (fake meat) in one sitting. Why? Because it's the weight of an adult human brain!

I'm just blown away (not in an Afghan sense) by the idea - the REALITY - that virtually our entire human life and personality is stored in their brain and that it really is just a lump of watery meat. I want...
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secretary:
Dear Lord, mental image. surreal
otoki:
Haha.
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I shared this poem of mine with one member recently. Let's share it with anyone now. I guess it's Charles Bukowski mixed with an emphasis more on fantasy than grit:

BIRD ENERGY
by Mike F

If a bird hung
From the telegraph wire
It would use less energy
Than if standing

Yet it does not,
Preferring the whole
Trapeeze standing
Shebang

Scientists invested millions
And...
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I went to the massive Salute 2010 expo yesterday hoping to be impressed enough by all those geeky gamers (hand-painted tabletop miniatures, not computers) to consider re-starting it as a hobby.

But I'm afraid it didn't quite do it for me. Such a shame. I rabidly want to get back into dragons, goblins, wizards and dice rolling, plus the glorious smell of paint filling the...
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Well, all the newspapers today are noticing a calamitous drop in the popularity of our Labour party during this UK election.

My gripe is that these newspapers, satirists etc didn't see any of this coming a few weeks ago, before Labour competitor Nick Clegg began to blow them away in public speeches, and in fact loved ridiculing Clegg. I tire of the lack of insight...
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Is it just me or is the new series of Doctor Who getting a bit crap?

I consider myself a feminist. However I'm tiring of the token uber-feminism that sees the female characters seemingly constantly sniggering at the expense of the Doctor, who fumbles around like he's hallucinating while hazily waking up from surgery. OOOOO ....AREN'T MEN SSSTOOOOOPPPIIIDDD!

Yes I know the programme has been...
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androgyne:
Lmao, I love the comment. Though after seeing that sexy strut in Louboutin platform heels as her outfit weaved seductively as I drooled, she infact turned out to be some haggered old bird who wouldn't make it into the TA, let alone some futuristic religio-force. And I'm sorry, but she wore those sunglasses to hide the bags under her eyes that looked like she'd been ingesting wine in Eyeball Paul style. I still don't think the new assistant is that great. She whines and is a brat, always does stupid stuff she gets told not to do and then nearly dies. I feel like Amy is Doctor Who's token Scottish character now that David Tennant has left so that people north of the boarder feel justified in their TV license.

At least the 2nd episode was philosophically interesting. How much can you force a creature to obey you? After recently losing my sub pet who had helped carry me far, I was quite reflective. I just wish she had the gratitude of a space whale.

There's also an uncomfortable amount of psyco-babble. It's like watching Star Trek, where the more you actually know about physics, the more full of shit it seems. If I hear 'quantum' used as a get out clause for another ridiculous explanation I'm going to dig up Neils Bohr himself and stick him outside BBCs studio.

Speaking of angry rants, I now how lots of free time and I would love an invite to your pub nerd gatherings for some proper discussions?

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I've spent 8 hours gardening and landscaping this weekend. Boring? For you maybe but for me it's really fulfilling to see my first own home transform into an emotionally nourishing place. Every aching muscle in my body (and there are plenty) is like a proud war wound.

But yes - because t's boring to read about I won't write any more about that.

One odd...
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coldandwet:
I've never reached a place where gardening is anything but a chore for me, but I can definately see the benefits from that sense of ownership, having a project and something to instil pride. I guess because my job is essentially project management, I like to have all my free time fluid and a garden is too much commitment.

I think Christians are like all social subsets. They are as likely to be nice, rude, hypocritical, happy, sad etc as anyone else. Lucky you for getting the good ones!
clio:
interesting, I did not know that. John Wayne Gacy sent my dad a letter once.
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Yes! Simon Singh (who's a great guy who I've met) has had some good news in his high profile, rightful court case against the horrid British Chiropractic Association.

This thing looked to go on for years and was set to be a classic example of why the british libel system is fucked, because one word (in this case Singh calling certain chiropractic claims "bogus") can...
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androgyne:
To be honest, I do normally score ridiculously high on narcissism type tests, although I'm not a nympho according to these studies, so I'm not sure. I've always just felt I was better and more advanced than people. Some people are just stupid. Others are book smart, and can remember lots. Some can read books and compare them. But it's very rare for people to read lots of info, store it, and then project it in 4 dimensional thinking. It's basically how my mind works, so why wouldn't I think it's better than 3D smarts? It's like comparing a super computer to an atari, only a donk would think the atari is more advanced.
clio:
you're fucking up. time to start listening to some Type O.
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I don't really write interesting blogs. My ok stuff is in my comments in the forums here. But I need to get this off my 46" chest.

A day ago I spent ages trying to get into a damn coconut, just so I could feed it to the birds in my garden (they call me "Two Sheds"). Finally it broke open, only after I'd looked...
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felidae:
Hey, how you doing? Cheesy I know, but I felt like it.
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I baked pancakes for the first time ever. And phoned mum while eating them, just to brag. Aww.smile
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monroe:
Sadly, you have to purchase the GPS tracker app in advance and I did not. At least now I know to do that for the next phone, I guess.
nya:
any weird movie is fun to watch for me, as long as it has creativity and a hint of bad taste. Seriously, maybe I'm stuck at 17 ?!
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Has movie critic Mark Kermode gone too far!

I can just about handle him saying he doesn't like ANY of the Star Wars films. Just about.

But he's on a complete warpath about 3D movies, saying it's just about making more money and stopping pirating.

I saw Avatar the other day and thought its 3D was subtle, seamless and really added to the experience. Kermode,...
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