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Tank

Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 01, 2018, 10:11:21 PM
I'm going to give my first lecture tomorrow morning.  :panic:


You'll do fine. Stop panicking!
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

xSilverPhinx

Well, that was an interesting experience.
I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


Dark Lightning

Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 02, 2018, 02:08:13 PM
Well, that was an interesting experience.

You survived! How'd it go?

hermes2015

Quote from: xSilverPhinx on October 02, 2018, 02:08:13 PM
Well, that was an interesting experience.

We need a blow-by-blow account, please.
"Eventually everything connects - people, ideas, objects. The quality of the connections is the key to quality per se."
― Charles Eames

xSilverPhinx

I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


xSilverPhinx

I am what survives if it's slain - Zack Hemsey


Asmodean

...It looks like yet another 14-hour day at work. One of these days, I'll become one of them bitter, washed-out IT consultants who apply and get hired for pretty much every single middle-management IT gig for the government. :(
Quote from: Ecurb Noselrub on July 25, 2013, 08:18:52 PM
In Asmo's grey lump,
wrath and dark clouds gather force.
Luxembourg trembles.

Velma

As I posted in this thread in May of last year, my father was murdered. Thursday, the murderer was convicted and sentenced to life + 10 years. It seems to have brought some peace to my aunt.
Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of the astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.~Carl Sagan

Tank

Quote from: Velma on October 05, 2018, 09:19:27 AM
As I posted in this thread in May of last year, my father was murdered. Thursday, the murderer was convicted and sentenced to life + 10 years. It seems to have brought some peace to my aunt.

I remember you telling us that last year  :'(

"entenced to life + 10 years" how does this work?
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Sandra Craft

Quote from: Velma on October 05, 2018, 09:19:27 AM
As I posted in this thread in May of last year, my father was murdered. Thursday, the murderer was convicted and sentenced to life + 10 years. It seems to have brought some peace to my aunt.

I'm glad of that at least.  How are you doing?
Sandy

  

"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet."  Sarah Louise Delany

Sandra Craft

Quote from: Tank on October 05, 2018, 09:35:45 AM
"entenced to life + 10 years" how does this work?

I think it has something to do with the chances of parole.
Sandy

  

"Life is short, and it is up to you to make it sweet."  Sarah Louise Delany

Tank

Quote from: Sandra Craft on October 05, 2018, 10:22:07 AM
Quote from: Tank on October 05, 2018, 09:35:45 AM
"entenced to life + 10 years" how does this work?

I think it has something to do with the chances of parole.
Ah! That makes some sense.
If religions were TV channels atheism is turning the TV off.
"Religion is a culture of faith; science is a culture of doubt." ― Richard P. Feynman
'It is said that your life flashes before your eyes just before you die. That is true, it's called Life.' - Terry Pratchett
Remember, your inability to grasp science is not a valid argument against it.

Dark Lightning

Woah. Sorry to see this about your father. I hope that sentence is structured so that the perp never sees the outside world again.

Velma

Quote from: Sandra Craft on October 05, 2018, 10:20:45 AM
Quote from: Velma on October 05, 2018, 09:19:27 AM
As I posted in this thread in May of last year, my father was murdered. Thursday, the murderer was convicted and sentenced to life + 10 years. It seems to have brought some peace to my aunt.

I'm glad of that at least.  How are you doing?
I'm fine. My father had become a stranger to me over the years, so this more of a footnote for me.
Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of the astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.~Carl Sagan

Velma

That's odd. My avatar has disappeared.
Life is but a momentary glimpse of the wonder of the astonishing universe, and it is sad to see so many dreaming it away on spiritual fantasy.~Carl Sagan