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  • Information Desk Archive Re: New Site Administrator

    Yep, a good choice :) you'll do very well, I've no doubt. Congrats!

    Jan 14, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Who is your all-time favourite fantasy hero/villan?

    Fantasy, eh? Well, Gandalf has always been a personal favourite, he's just too cool to be real (plus he's an angel: I mean, classy or what?), but there are a ...

    Jan 12, 2007
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Saddam is dead.

    Don't work, this is humanity we're talking about :) there will always be someone just as bad somewhere in the world.

    Jan 11, 2007
  • Lounge, The Re: Girl Sues School Over Confederate Flag

    In a few years time, when the last survivors of concentration camps and everything else that went on in WW2 are all dead, will it be right to be a ...

    Jan 10, 2007
  • Other Poetry Re: City of Bridges: A Postcard from Saskatoon

    ... it's a haiku - it can't really get any longer without destroying the point of the poem. Look it up here if you need help understanding.

    Jan 9, 2007
  • Other Poetry Re: City of Bridges: A Postcard from Saskatoon

    I don't know if you've ever hung out on the old railway bridge across the river in Saskatoon, but let me tell you: it's one of the best places for ...

    Jan 9, 2007
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Saddam is dead.

    Gladness at violence is the most telling sign of an society in advanced decay.

    Jan 8, 2007
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Saddam is dead.

    So? Damage is done by all leaders and all socities, the world over. Just because Saddam was a more obvious and highlighted problem doesn't mean we should remember him anymore ...

    Jan 6, 2007
  • Lounge, The Re: Post Your Pic Here (4)

    I'm in the middle; I think that was our second all-nighter in a row, which is partially why I look a little rough. The other part is that I generally ...

    Jan 4, 2007
  • Writing Activities Re: Character Answer Game

    "Darling, it's my business to know the news, and I've always been the best at it. Besides, it makes my job simpler these days if I just make the news ...

    Jan 4, 2007
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Saddam is dead.

    Who remembers the name of the leader during the Rwandan genocide? Or the Pakistani leader who organised the killings of over a million Bangaladeshis? Not everyone is remembered; probably very ...

    Jan 3, 2007
  • Poetry Discussion Re: Must a poem have meaning?

    I think basically what bob and I can agree on is that theme, emotion, meaning--they're all intrinsically bound up in communication. The worth of a poem is determined on its ...

    Jan 2, 2007
  • Lounge, The Re: Happy New Year, YWS!

    Happy New Year! :) HAPPY NEW YEAAAR! i was well gutted though cause the hogmanay street party was cancelled 'cause of the bad weather I was in Edinburgh, Muse! I ...

    Jan 2, 2007
  • Fiction Discussion Re: Typing or handwritten?

    I take the middle road, because I have a typewriter! So I can't edit it, but I can still go really quickly and scan it in to the computer (which ...

    Jan 2, 2007
  • Lounge, The Re: Age limit on smoking raised to 18 in UK

    Simple logic; if you're considered an adult at 18, everything choice-wise should be available to you then, from smoking to sex to alcohol. If you think kids are wise enough ...

    Jan 2, 2007


Don't gobblefunk around with words.
— Roald Dahl