Title: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: lookitsaustin on January 09, 2011, 01:16:21 AM
Post by: lookitsaustin on January 09, 2011, 01:16:21 AM
Hello everyone!
I made an account here just a few days ago when Gawen showed me this forum.
I have grown up around one part of Texas my whole life. I went to a small school so I was not out about being gay or a non believer.
I am not a long winded person as of right now, I am new to forums so I may get more chatty as I am on here.
The one book that cemented my atheism is "The God Delusion".
I will add more here if I can think of some things to add.
I made an account here just a few days ago when Gawen showed me this forum.
I have grown up around one part of Texas my whole life. I went to a small school so I was not out about being gay or a non believer.
I am not a long winded person as of right now, I am new to forums so I may get more chatty as I am on here.
The one book that cemented my atheism is "The God Delusion".
I will add more here if I can think of some things to add.
Title: Re: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: LegendarySandwich on January 09, 2011, 01:24:29 AM
Post by: LegendarySandwich on January 09, 2011, 01:24:29 AM
IS YOUR LAST NAME "PRICE"?!?!
Title: Re: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: lookitsaustin on January 09, 2011, 01:28:14 AM
Post by: lookitsaustin on January 09, 2011, 01:28:14 AM
Quote from: "LegendarySandwich"IS YOUR LAST NAME "PRICE"?!?!
Nope. I don't know of an Austin with that last name either.
Title: Re: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: LegendarySandwich on January 09, 2011, 01:31:12 AM
Post by: LegendarySandwich on January 09, 2011, 01:31:12 AM
Quote from: "lookitsaustin"Quote from: "LegendarySandwich"IS YOUR LAST NAME "PRICE"?!?!
Nope. I don't know of an Austin with that last name either. :bananacolor:
Title: Re: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: lookitsaustin on January 09, 2011, 01:38:41 AM
Post by: lookitsaustin on January 09, 2011, 01:38:41 AM
Quote from: "LegendarySandwich"Quote from: "lookitsaustin"Quote from: "LegendarySandwich"IS YOUR LAST NAME "PRICE"?!?!
Nope. I don't know of an Austin with that last name either. :bananacolor:
Thanks.
Title: Re: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: The Magic Pudding on January 09, 2011, 01:58:39 AM
Post by: The Magic Pudding on January 09, 2011, 01:58:39 AM
Austin Healy would be cool, but you'd have to watch out for Vogons.
welcome.
welcome.
Title: Re: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: lookitsaustin on January 09, 2011, 02:31:24 AM
Post by: lookitsaustin on January 09, 2011, 02:31:24 AM
Quote from: "The Magic Pudding"Austin Healy would be cool, but you'd have to watch out for Vogons.
welcome.
Thanks MP, I had to lol. Not sure where Austin Healy comes in though, I couldn't find anything relating the two.
Note: I have not read THGTTG
Title: Re: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: The Magic Pudding on January 09, 2011, 02:44:47 AM
Post by: The Magic Pudding on January 09, 2011, 02:44:47 AM
Quote from: "lookitsaustin"Quote from: "The Magic Pudding"Austin Healy would be cool, but you'd have to watch out for Vogons.
welcome.
Thanks MP, I had to lol. Not sure where Austin Healy comes in though, I couldn't find anything relating the two.
Note: I have not read THGTTG
The Hitch-hikers guide had an alien character who gave himself a common name so he would blend in, he chose Ford Prefect which didn't have the desired effect as it was the name of a car. Austin Healy could work in the same way.
I see Dawkins did a dedication for DA in The God Delusion, he deserved it.
QuoteIn Memoriam
Douglas Adams (1952-2001)
'Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to
believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?'
Title: Re: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: lookitsaustin on January 09, 2011, 02:53:50 AM
Post by: lookitsaustin on January 09, 2011, 02:53:50 AM
Quote from: "The Magic Pudding"Quote from: "lookitsaustin"Quote from: "The Magic Pudding"Austin Healy would be cool, but you'd have to watch out for Vogons.
welcome.
Thanks MP, I had to lol. Not sure where Austin Healy comes in though, I couldn't find anything relating the two.
Note: I have not read THGTTG
The Hitch-hikers guide had an alien character who gave himself a common name so he would blend in, he chose Ford Prefect which didn't have the desired effect as it was the name of a car. Austin Healy could work in the same way.
I see Dawkins did a dedication for DA in The God Delusion, he deserved it.QuoteIn Memoriam
Douglas Adams (1952-2001)
'Isn't it enough to see that a garden is beautiful without having to
believe that there are fairies at the bottom of it too?'
Lol, now it makes a lot more sense, thank you. I haven't read anything by Douglas Adams but I did see him in a clip that Dawkins was in in the early 90's or so where he was talking to children about evolution. Is the book really all that? I don't know why but sometimes I shy away from things that are, in my opinion, mainstream.
Title: Re: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: LegendarySandwich on January 09, 2011, 02:55:12 AM
Post by: LegendarySandwich on January 09, 2011, 02:55:12 AM
I think it's a pretty good book.
Title: Re: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: The Magic Pudding on January 09, 2011, 03:27:09 AM
Post by: The Magic Pudding on January 09, 2011, 03:27:09 AM
QuoteVogon Poetry..
Ford Prefect, Arthur Dent are caught by the Vogon captain of the Vogon fleet which destroyed the Earth for an intergallactic hyperspace bypass. Vogon captain recites his poem to them before throwing them off the ship into deep hyperspace!
Vogon Captain: Oh frettled gruntbuggly.......thy micturations are to me
As plurdled gabbleblotchits on a lurgid bee
Groop I implore thee,
my foonting turlingdromes and hooptiously drangle me
with crinkly bindlewurdles,Or I will rend thee
in the gobberwarts with my blurglecruncheon, see if I don't!!
Vogon Captain: So Earthlings I present you with a simple choice. Think carefully for you hold your very lives in your hands. Now choose: either die in the vacuum of space, or…
[Dramatic music]
Vogon Captain: …tell me how good you thought my poem was.
Ford: I liked it…
Vogon Captain: Good…
Arthur: Oh yes, I thought that some of the metaphysical imagery was particularly effective.
Vogon Captain: Yes?
Arthur: Oh…. and um, interesting rhythmic devices, too, which seemed to counterpoint the, er…
Ford: Counterpoint the surrealism of the underlying metaphor of the, um…
Arthur: Humanity of the er -
Ford: Vogonity.
Arthur: What?
Ford: Vogonity.
Arthur: Oh. Oh! Vogonity. Sorry. Of the poet’s compassionate soul which contrived through the medium of the verse structure to sublimate this, transcend that and come to terms with the fundamental dichotomies of the other. And one is left with a profound and vivid insight into… err…
Ford: Into whatever it was …
Ford: …that the poem was about…
Arthur: That the poem was about!
Ford: Well done Arthur, that was very good.
Vogon Captain: So what you’re saying is that I write poetry because underneath my mean, callous, heartless exterior, I really just want to be loved. Is that right?
Ford: Er, well... I mean yes, yes, don’t we all, deep down… you know..?
Vogon Captain: No, well, you’re completely wrong. I just write poetry to throw my mean, callous, heartless exterior into sharp relief. I’m going to throw you off the ship anyway! Guard! Take the prisoners to number three airlock and throw them out.
http://vivblogs.blogspot.com/2009/07/vogon-poetry.html (http://vivblogs.blogspot.com/2009/07/vogon-poetry.html)
Quote from: "lookitsaustin"Is the book really all that? I don't know why but sometimes I shy away from things that are, in my opinion, mainstream.Mainstream? Well if so I wish mainstream and me could meet more often.
Title: Re: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: lookitsaustin on January 09, 2011, 03:43:02 AM
Post by: lookitsaustin on January 09, 2011, 03:43:02 AM
I tell you what, next time I'm in Half Priced Books I'll see if I can find it. I'll give it a shot. 
Title: Re: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: Tank on January 09, 2011, 06:32:15 PM
Post by: Tank on January 09, 2011, 06:32:15 PM
Hi Austine
Glad you joined in
Regards
Chris
Glad you joined in
Regards
Chris
Title: Re: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: Gawen on January 11, 2011, 02:05:48 AM
Post by: Gawen on January 11, 2011, 02:05:48 AM
Austin...quit screwin' around the boards and get back to work!!!
Title: Re: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: lookitsaustin on January 12, 2011, 02:04:18 PM
Post by: lookitsaustin on January 12, 2011, 02:04:18 PM
Quote from: "Gawen"Austin...quit screwin' around the boards and get back to work!!!
I could say the same thing!
Title: Re: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: Leloko on January 12, 2011, 04:35:20 PM
Post by: Leloko on January 12, 2011, 04:35:20 PM
Welcome to the forum! Wishing you the best of luck in Texas!
Title: Re: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: lookitsaustin on January 12, 2011, 07:07:41 PM
Post by: lookitsaustin on January 12, 2011, 07:07:41 PM
Quote from: "Leloko"Welcome to the forum! Wishing you the best of luck in Texas! :D
Title: Re: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: Cecilie on January 12, 2011, 07:54:06 PM
Post by: Cecilie on January 12, 2011, 07:54:06 PM
Welcome.
Title: Re: Hi all, Austin (name, not city) here.
Post by: lookitsaustin on January 12, 2011, 08:46:44 PM
Post by: lookitsaustin on January 12, 2011, 08:46:44 PM
Quote from: "Cecilie"Welcome.
Thank you, I've been bumming around the forum here and there the past few days.