What do you think of...?

[_____V_____]

You post anything - a current topic, music video, book, actor, movie, politics, sports, video games, war, history, mountains, James Cameron, cooking recipe, fishes, furniture, weather, mammals, etc., and get the opinions of others on the same.

Like for example - I post "The Catcher In The Rye" book by J D Salinger, and others come forward to express their views on the book and its contents.

Anyone can pick this up, but I request that you wait till at least 5 replies are posted to the one which is currently on.

Pretty simple? Okay, I will tee off with...

What do you think of...

http://unrealitymag.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/10/biehn.jpg

[tachii]

john conor's dad

[cheebacheeba]

I liked the dude...a good "action" kind've figure of the 80's and some of the 90's, more like the "everyman" rather than the over the top action bad-ass, seemed to be a slightly more solid actor than those common to the genre.
I thought maybe his appearance in "The Rock" may have lead to a slight comeback in popularity but yeah seems to have faded into relative obscurity, in that he's not really been the lead in a great deal of solid things since...
I think that he's pretty cool, wouldn't mind seeing him in more.

[Elvis_Christ]

Dude rules. Reminds me of when action movies were in their heyday.

[novakru]

While filming the movie 'Navy Seals'
in my 'then' town-I lost just a bit of respect for him and other cast/crew mates for their off set 'behavior'.

I do feel sorry he can't get a decent role anymore though, he is a decent actor

[Straker]

Last time I saw him in anything was a small role in a crappy vampire movie. I'm surprised he doesn't appear more often in mainstream movies these days. Always thought he did a pretty good job in most films he was in.

[The Krell]

I like the dude.He's been in some pretty classic films.My wife thinks he's hot.

[ChronoGrl]

I... Have no idea who that is. :o

[_____V_____]

Ai yi yi...! *faints in Chrono's arms* :D


Very interesting range of comments for Michael Biehn. Okay, let's move on.

What do you think of...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UIXOn06Pz70/SaSbOM5iMCI/AAAAAAAAGPo/0XlUsJBJ7Ag/s800/Lasagna+500.jpg

[ChronoGrl]

Mmmmmmmmmmmm! Is that lasagna?

I LOOOOOOOOOOOOVE lasagna, especially eggplant lasagna... I also have a really good eggplant parmigiana recipe that is a cross between lasagna and eggplant parmigiana... The eggplant adds really good flavor. You have to be careful with meat lasagna; it has to be good quality meat.

[cheebacheeba]

It's better made from scratch - gotta make your own bechamel and sauce.
It seems to be something almost everyone in the world digs.
A lot of places make it too oily for my liking.
It's cheap, and easy to make even in it's most complex form - It's good for families on a budget as there's always leftovers, it keeps well and it's great to re-heat or eat cold.
The vegetarian version is actually pretty damn good too.

[ferretchucker]

It's way better than any other pasta dish, as it feels like more of a meal. I can't be doing with the fiddliness of spaghetti. So long as it holds together well I'm fine but when lasagne is just sprawled out on the plate it's bleugh! I can't usually finish a whole portion though as I find it a bit too sickly.

[novakru]

The only food I make that has no yapping or fighting around the table cause they are too busy stuffing their faces and I get oodles of compliments, another rare thing from my children.
One of the very few meals I prepare from scratch.

So IMHO=
Lasagna: Gooood:cool:

[missmacabre]

Vaggie lasagna with a cream sauce... it's like mac and cheese but more layery and delicious.

[FreddyMyers]

Lasagna.....not good in restaurants. Best to leave it to a Gma or mom, ALWAYS made from scratch, Never gets complaints, noone leaves the table hungry.

[_____V_____]

Very interesting. Everyone loves lasagna, of course. It's the one delicious thing which can be made quickly and is delightful to eat.

Moving on. What do you think of...

http://www.eso-garden.com/images/uploads_bilder/learning_the_tarot_a_free_online_course.jpg

[cheebacheeba]

Interesting pictures.
For me, not to be taken seriously.

[bwind22]

Those appear to be cards from a roleplaying game that I am happy to say is a few levels above me on the nerd ladder.

P.S. Lasagna is great and that first pic looks like a gay dude from the 80s.

[Deimos]

Ai yi yi...! *faints in Chrono's arms* :D


Very interesting range of comments for Michael Biehn. Okay, let's move on.

What do you think of...

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_UIXOn06Pz70/SaSbOM5iMCI/AAAAAAAAGPo/0XlUsJBJ7Ag/s800/Lasagna+500.jpg

Not healthy, tasty, fattening.:D

[bwind22]

Or are they tarot cards?

Either way, nothing I'm interested in. I put about as much stock in astrology and that kinda shit as I do the local weatherman.

[jenna26]

I... Have no idea who that is. :o

:eek:

Not much interest in tarot cards either, though I do have a friend that is into them, and I have nothing to say about any lasagna that isn't prepared by my mother.....but I am still a little bit in love with Kyle Reese.

[ferretchucker]

I own a set of Tarot cards and get them out for a bit of fun every now and then. I believe they hold power but you have to believe it. By that, I don't mean it's like the force and truly exists, but if you think what those cards have said is actually going to happen then subconsciously you may actually put into place those events. In that light I think they can be very useful motivational tools.

[novakru]

Tarot Cards: They mapped out my life utterly & completely down to the last detail
mmhm
yep

[fortunato]

No interest whatsoever.

[Rayne]

Tarot Cards: They mapped out my life utterly & completely down to the last detail
mmhm
yep

About 5 years ago, Dustin pulled out his deck, and I ended up pregnant!

Hey, I said "DECK!"

He was reading the cards, and he said that I was going to have another baby...I told him there was no way in hell...3 months later, guess what happened...

[Dude Guadalupe]

It's true, I have a magic "deck" :D

[Elvis_Christ]

I've never had anything to do with Tarot cards, etc. I like my bad luck to be a suprise :D

[illdojo]

Tarot cards are about as believable as a Ouija board or Jesus.

[ChronoGrl]

I loved tarot card art and symbolism. Not sure if I believe, but I find it fascinating.

I've never had my cards read, but I'd like to.

[Doc Faustus]

I've found out things about people that they didn't want anyone to know with the tarot, so I'm a pretty firm believer. I do not believe they petition an external power, but rather they interact with the questioner's subconscious, expressing innermost thoughts and things people know but don't know with the iconography. I have seen affairs, cancer, betrayals and repressed homosexuality with my tarot deck. I saw enough scary shit in fact that I've destroyed it. It didn't interact well with people.

[Psycom5k]

Never really thought much about them. Other than that, I dunno what else to say. They never really interested me.

[novakru]

lmao @dude and rayne

Awesome:cool:

[_____V_____]

Pretty divided opinions on Tarot. Of course if you believe in it, there's no stopping you. If you don't, nothing can convince you. :)

Moving on.

What do you think of...

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[The Krell]

ICP do nothing for me at all.I'll admit I have not watched the vid above but have heard PLENTY of their stuff.

[DP McCoy]

Poor wrestlers !

[missmacabre]

Their lyrics are hilarious. Let me recant you with a few selections.

"I've seen shit that'll shock your eyelids"

"Everything you believed in as kids
Fucking rainbows after it rains
There's enough miracles here to blow your brains
I fed a fish to a pelican at Frisco bay
It tried to eat my cell phone, he ran away"

"Water, fire, air and dirt
Fucking madness, how do they work?
And I don't wanna talk to a scientist
Y'all motherfuckers lying, and getting me pissed"

Genius, really.

[neverending]

Really? ..........

[missmacabre]

Really? ..........

No. They crack me up occasionally, but are far from musically talented.

[fortunato]

"From Pluto to your anus, we're underground famous."

I saw ICP on Nightline a few weeks ago. Shitty journalism, but it was actually kind of interesting.
I think their music is pretty stupid (and maybe that's the point? I almost feel like they have to know how dumb their songs are.), but some people are awfully passionate about it, so what do I know?

[_____V_____]

Well, it was about the song actually. And the lyrics. I thought they were some of the most touching stuff ever written.

Anyway, moving on.

What do you think of...

http://16bitreviews.files.wordpress.com/2009/11/castlevania1.jpg

[missmacabre]

Hardest game series I have ever played. I do nothing but swear at the game and thow shit across the room. I havent played that one in particular because I have never had a Sony system so I can't comment on that.

[Elvis_Christ]

It makes me think about how I don't get into video games.

[cheebacheeba]

I found the theme/atmosphere of them pretty good.
I LOVED the old arcade version but I cannot find it anywhere.
Like halloween #3, "simons quest" stands on its own in this series, I actually thought it was a step in a better direction.
I have not played many of these titles, other than whichever one was on the Sega Megadrive, I quite liked that - the rest I've largely started playing on various emulators, then stopped...they all seem the same...
PS1, N64 and any of the 3d ones I haven't played.
I have a couple on DS but have not yet bothered with them.

What I think, is that konami should take more time developing a GOOD, unique Castlevania game that stands out in its own, rather than drumming out a lot of clone titles as they have seemingly done so far.

[otherpotato]

I... Have no idea who that is. :o Good I'm not the only one!

[cheebacheeba]

Kyle Reese from Terminator
Hicks from Aliens
He was also in The Abyss, Navy Seals, the extended edition of T2 (which IMO along with the special edition of aliens, was awesome), The Rock, Tombstone, and also had a number of parts in a lot of decent quality action/sci-fi films as well...that should about clear it up. - Wasn't a great picture, doesn't really show him in his most recognisable form, looks more like he's posing for some old 80's teen magazine in that one.

[fortunato]

I remember playing Castlevania on Sega Genesis when I was a kid. Since the game was creepy and gothic, I automatically thought it was cool.
That being said, I haven't really played video games much since those days, so I don't know what the new games are like.

[FreddyMyers]

Loved the originals from nintendo and sega. Stopped playing them for a long time til i found an arcade version on XBOX360. Pretty fun but just as frustrating as the older ones.

[_____V_____]

Very interesting views on Castlevania. I think it was one of the most challenging games ever conceived, back during the console revolution of the 90s. Very engaging and addictive too.

Anyway...moving on.

What do you think of...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b6/Jules_Verne.jpg

[friday13thfan]

I feel like I should know who that is but my brain is not letting me remember. Damnit.

[newb]

never met him

seems like a "deep" individual

[Doc Faustus]

His impact on science fiction is undeniable. He pretty much invented the genre. So, there's a lot to thank him for. But, like a lot of sci fi writers he gets little too caught up in the novelty of the concepts he's dealing with to present interesting characters or write engagingly sometimes.

[ChronoGrl]

Again... I... have no idea who that is... :o

[Doc Faustus]

I didn't recognize the face either, then I attempted to save the image file to read the file name. That's Jules Verne.

[neverending]

One of the most important visionaries of all time.

[ChronoGrl]

I didn't recognize the face either, then I attempted to save the image file to read the file name. That's Jules Verne.

Oh!

Then I agree with your take on him... Honestly, one of my issues with good science fiction is that the ideas outweigh the writing, characters, etc (I have that problem with Phillip K. Dick and Richard Matheson)... While he was brilliant, I found him overly-dense and turgid, hard to read at times.

[neverending]

That would depend on the translation. I always found his writing to be exciting. He wrote a vampire novel too!

[FreddyMyers]

A vampire novel by Jules Verne. Sounds like a fun read. Whats the name?

[neverending]

Carpathian Castle

[The Krell]

The guy was brilliant as far as I'm concerned.

[_____V_____]

The world has Jules Verne in very high esteem, and it's not surprising to see him equally respected here too. A pioneer, an innovator of sorts, a visionary - and one of the foremost authors in sci-fi fiction if there ever was one.

Moving on.

What do you think of...

http://caviar-lover.com/images/Caspian-Beluga-Caviar.jpg

[neverending]

I've never had caviar.

[Rayne]

I've never had caviar.

I never would...ewww

[cheebacheeba]

Not bad, nothing to write home about and/or justify the expense.
Not gross, just, not great.

[Elvis_Christ]

It makes me fucking angry.

[cheebacheeba]

They jack them off to get it...

[newb]

I've never had caviar.

ditto.....and never will

[ChronoGrl]

Looooooooooooooooooooove caviar... Buttery garlicky goodness. HIGHLY recommended. Mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

[ferretchucker]

I had some with some sushi once. Not bad, but I'd rather have a bowl of cous cous.

[_____V_____]

Range of conflicting tastes for caviar I must say. I myself hate it (had it once, NEVER again), and run whenever I see it served in parties.

Anyway, moving ahead.

What do you think of...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_cwa8yn5F9Bo/SGV77aetLzI/AAAAAAAABzI/Cs_jl355sqM/s1600/Lorena%2BBobbit%2Bvuelve_edited.jpg

[The Krell]

Is that the great Emasculator? If so..I really have only one opinion and that is RUN!!

[missmacabre]

run yes, but she is the reason such wonderful titles like Frankenpenis exist.

[Doc Faustus]

A real life Ms.45. What's not to like? Perhaps the move as a bit impetuous, but damned if it wasn't justified. The guy abused her for years. Anybody who says "well, why didn't she just leave?" knows nothing about domestic violence. I hate how she's villified and considered crazy like she just did it on a whim or because she thought it would be funny or something.

[cheebacheeba]

Looooooooooooooooooooove caviar... Buttery garlicky goodness.
Are you thinking of escargot?

I'm not sure who she is...although from your comments I think I know who you're talking about. I'd not actually seen her before - not a bad looking woman actually.

[Elvis_Christ]

John Wayne Bobbit comes across as a real fuckwit. I think that lady cut off the wrong head.

[ChronoGrl]

Are you thinking of escargot?

I'm not sure who she is...although from your comments I think I know who you're talking about. I'd not actually seen her before - not a bad looking woman actually.

Yep, I was... I actually realized it hours afterward while driving home from work... Didn't think anyone would notice. :o

But I DO like caviar... At least as a garnish... Nice and salty. Yum... Haven't really had it in the traditional on-toast sort of thing... I like it on suhi, but am not a fan of the fish egg roll (now QUAIL egg, that's a different story)

[ChronoGrl]

A real life Ms.45. What's not to like? Perhaps the move as a bit impetuous, but damned if it wasn't justified. The guy abused her for years. Anybody who says "well, why didn't she just leave?" knows nothing about domestic violence. I hate how she's villified and considered crazy like she just did it on a whim or because she thought it would be funny or something.

I agree with all of that. I think that her motive was taken lightly (hur hur hur - PENIS) when really she suffered from domestic abuse for years. I'm not sure that I necessarily agree with her actions, but I sympathize for someone who was driven to those extremes through abuse. It makes me really sad. I think it just shows what a male-dominated misogynistic world we live in that she was a hated laughing stock as opposed to a sympathetic victim. The whole ordeal troubles me in retrospect.

[Elvis_Christ]

Well the actual act she committed had a lot to do with how she was perceived.
Cutting off someone's cock is a pretty savage and malicious act so of course she is going to be seen in that light.

If she had just say stabbed him I'm sure she'd be seen as more of a victim driven to a desperate act.

[_____V_____]

Whatever opinion you may have of her, she is to be lauded for her courage and bravery. And for the singular action which has since become a part of history.

Let's move on.

What do you think of...

http://www.bibleprobe.com/ghost9.jpg

[ChronoGrl]

I WANT TO BELIEVE

Seriously. I TOTALLY geek out over "ghosts caught on film," but I am not totally sold that they are real.

ALSO: I wish I had some photoshop skills to create my own.

[missmacabre]

I WANT TO BELIEVE

Seriously. I TOTALLY geek out over "ghosts caught on film," but I am not totally sold that they are real.

ALSO: I wish I had some photoshop skills to create my own.

just get a dsl camera, the type with film. get a girl to dress old fashioned in white. set up camera on a tripod. take picture one of girl on creepy backdrop. the don't wind the film and take a pic of the backdrop without moving the camera. the overexposure will give the model a ghosty look.




but anyway. i believe in ghosts as i have a few of my own ghost stories that my mom can attest for.

[ChronoGrl]

just get a dsl camera, the type with film. get a girl to dress old fashioned in white. set up camera on a tripod. take picture one of girl on creepy backdrop. the don't wind the film and take a pic of the backdrop without moving the camera. the overexposure will give the model a ghosty look.




but anyway. i believe in ghosts as i have a few of my own ghost stories that my mom can attest for.

PLEASE share - I LOVE hearing real life ghost stories. Seriously. PM me if you don't want to post them. I LOVE that stuff.

[missmacabre]

OKay first one was when I was 8 or 9. I was home with my mom and brother. Sister was spending the night with a friend and my brother was too young to get out of bed at night. My dad was working midnights. I had a nightmare and went to sleep in my Mom's bed. After falling asleep my Mom and I both woke up at the same time and rolled over to face the same wall. Soon as we did that we saw a dark shadow of a man in what looked like old farmers clothes walk across the wall. The door then creeked open, and we heard footsteps going down the stairs. So this one is paranormal either way because we either both saw and heard all of that, or were both having the same dream. We'll both swear our lives on this happening. We also later did research to find out our house was a farm house before further development nearby.

Another was a few years later. My cousin is the same age as my mom, her kids the same age as me and my siblings. Their house was notoriously creepy. To start this story off, I slept over there a lot as a kid, and always saw stuff out of the corner of my eye. I also flat out saw a lady in the lower floor bedroom just sitting on the bed. I kept that quiet for a long time, until this one night when my Mom, cousin, me and my siblings, and my cousin's kids were all in the livingroom. My cousin's husband at the time was very abusive and would hit here. So as we;re sitting there playing NES and our Moms are having tea watching us play My cousin's wedding picture flew off the wall and across the room. It hits another wall and shatters. Then my cousin starts getting upset and we all talked about it. Her thoughts were that the old lady who died in her bedroom before they moved in was protecting them from her husband. I freaked right out because we had never put two and two together.

Last one is that there is this little fabric and crafts store in uptown port colborne. Ever since I was little I haven't been able to go into the back quilting room without not being able to breathe. Then I did research and found out that the guy burried in the local legend Hopkins' Tomb used to live there and owned the building.

[FreddyMyers]

Very creepy macabre. In reguards to the pic.....Who ya gonna call!?!

[ChronoGrl]

That's SO CREEPY.

Wow. Thanks for sharing!

[ferretchucker]

Those were some chilling stories there, Miss. Tell me, are you quite an emotionally tuned person? Same with your mother. I believe not so much in sentient ghosts but in emotional imprints left behind. If something brilliant or something terrible has happened somewhere you can always just tell it, and I think for those more in tuned with this they can sense things for longer.

As for my ghost stories, I don't have many. My primary school was an old Victorian school and in one corner of the playground layed the old toilets from that time, which were now used as storage space. When things were very quiet, occasionally you could hear faint banging sounds from within the building. As I've grown older I doubt that this was a ghost more and more; probably just old pipes, but it did get me onto to Canadian TV show Mystery Hunters.

Another one, relating to my mother dates back to the 60s. My Grandfather had recently died and so my mother, uncle and Grandmother had to move around frequently. They ran a small shop with a house attached, although this was built from two different houses and to get to my mother's bedroom from the lounge you had to go through a hallway, a small outdoor courtyard, another hallway and up a staircase so she would often feel isolated. What she didn't find out until she was a fair bit older is that regularly she would wake up in the night screaming and my grandmother had to go and comfort her, something my mother has no recolection of. Now, this could all be down to just her fright at being alone but...

The next owner, a few months after buying the house, called my Grandmother enquiring about the room my mother used to sleep in. He asked if anything had happened there out of the ordinary. Turns out, he had intended that room to be where he kept all of his cat's stuff including it's bed/litterbox etc. The cat would refuse to go in by itself and if carried in it would start hissing, hair would stand on end and it would immediately run out...

[ChronoGrl]

VERY creepy!

I wish that I had those stories of my own to share. I WANT to believe in ghosts, but it's hard when I haven't experienced it first-hand (of course that's not to belittle anyone here who is sharing their own encounters)...

At my college (Colby College, Waterville, ME, 1813) it was said that the theater building was haunted by a female ghost. Apparently it used to be a girl's dormitory in the 60s and she had committed suicide because she was pregnant (which was a HUGE issue at the time, she being young and unwed and whatnot) and an abortion was out of the question (being both illegal and dangerous). Students would tell stories of lights going on and off, mysterious footsteps and sounds coming from upstairs, and it was a tradition for all stage managers to keep one of the back stage doors open so that she could watch the performances...

[novakru]

Yes, I do, because my uncles roommate Frances told me all about them and then my uncle told me there was no one named Frances living in his house.

[The_Return]

...but it did get me onto to Canadian TV show Mystery Hunters.

No way! I used to watch that show all the time when I was like 12-13 or so. Can't say I specifically recall that episode off the top of my head, but it's a pretty safe bet that I caught it at some point back in the day. Very, very cool!

As for the topic...I've always wanted to believe, but I have a hard time with it. A few years back I had a very intense "supernatural" experience and from then on I believed for sure, but the more I think it over the more I pass it off as my mind just fucking with me.

Not much of a story to tell, really. The house I grew up in, my mother always told me about weird - but benevolent - things happening before I was born. I never noticed anything myself, until about 3 years ago. It was fairly early morning, sun hadn't really come up yet. I went upstairs, the hallway was pitch dark and there was this shape floating about halfway down the hall from me. It's hard to describe...it was just a few shades darker than the rest of the hall, and looked vaguely human; like a really distorted shadow.

It wasn't the shape itself that made such an impression though. As soon as I walked into the hall, I was absolutely frozen. I couldn't move for about 30 seconds or so, and I was filled with this intense feeling of dread and emptiness, and like I didn't belong there. Pretty impossible to describe what was going through me, but suffice to say I've never felt anything like it.

Nothing happened from there though. Disappeared, and I never had another experience like it. At the time it was hard NOT to believe that something supernatural had happened, but like I said - the more I look back on it, the more I doubt that it was anything more than a trick of the light and an under-digested breakfast. Who knows?

[newb]

As for my ghost stories, I don't have many. My primary school was an old Victorian school and in one corner of the playground layed the old toilets from that time, which were now used as storage space. When things were very quiet, occasionally you could hear faint banging sounds from within the building.

farting ghost...now that's scary

[roshiq]

It was July, 1997. We were headed for Gazani, Sherpur...a forest located in the far northern side of Bangladesh along with India-Bangladesh border. A very good friend of mine...Tanvir was working as a cartoonist in a local Bangla newspaper as well as in the popular Bangla Satire magazine UNMAAD (inspired from MAD) that time. He came to let us know one day a pretty weird story that he heard at the UNMAD office. 2 University students had a trip at the Gazani few months ago and after their return to Dhaka they found a photo that they took on their trip to the jungle with an unknown ghostly figure standing along with them. Just after that they were in severe fever and died. So there was something in that jungle. So we...a group of 8 friends decided to go their & hope to have an adventure for real. Gazani is a beautiful remote jungle area. When we arrived the first shock came from the govt. tourist cottage (Hotel Obokash) that we planned to stay. That was closed at that point of time. We found the gardener. He was very quite & had a suspicious & creepy character & always move around with an axe. He informed us very rudely that we need to go the main town of Sherpur & contact with the Deputy Commissioner who can permit us to stay at Oboskash. We just moved on and found a construction site of a tower where 2 worker welcomed us to spent the night with them. Their kind hospitality amazed us. They were very nice. But we had no time for sweet chats as we were on a mission to see or experience something paranormal. They also told us that "yes!" there was something in the jungle that lurks in the dark every night and they were pretty sure that's something very evil & unearthly! They tried to stop us to go their but we were ready for any risks by that time; so they couldn't succeed to stop us. We went into the jungle & had a pretty awesome time in the eerie & haunting atmosphere of the jungle.

Still some of us claimed that they saw something in that night but the most surprising fact was after we came back home we also found one of the photographs that we took on the tour was something none of us can explain ever. A pile of smokes in front of a tree that in the shape of a human being! Still we aren't sure who took that picture...though every one of us swear to God that "I didn't took it" but 'may be' one or some of us is lying & keeping that thing as a mystery. But at that time the whole thing gave us a real eerie & haunted feelings that we still can't figured a proper or reasonable explanations. The good thing was we were okay & nothing bad happened to us. But somehow we lost that photograph along with the whole negative of our tour and now none of us have that photograph to share.:(

[ferretchucker]

Roshiq, that is really creepy. Do you remember seeing anything that night? And have you managed to confirm that those people did in fact die? The ones who your friend heard about.


It wasn't the shape itself that made such an impression though. As soon as I walked into the hall, I was absolutely frozen. I couldn't move for about 30 seconds or so, and I was filled with this intense feeling of dread and emptiness, and like I didn't belong there. Pretty impossible to describe what was going through me, but suffice to say I've never felt anything like it.

This is what I mean by this idea of emotional footprints lingering for a long while. You can just sense that there is something not quite right but you don't know why.

As for the Mystery Hunters thing :D I'm pretty sure it was in the second season. Can't remember a great deal about the episode itself though, although the V File had doubting Dave in a school toilet. I was 10 at the time I sent it in but 11 when they aired it, so that would mean it would have been in...2005 maybe?

[_____V_____]

Very fascinating recollections.

Of course, whether you are skeptical or believing, the phenomenon of ghosts has always been intriguing throughout history.

Let's move on.

What do you think of...

http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_kwz4BqmMfpo/SwJalgKDZiI/AAAAAAAAAe0/GlJcJsjIeZ0/s1600/familyguy_new.jpg

[cheebacheeba]

It's alright...here'n there.

[friday13thfan]

One of my favorite shows. However it does get stale at times.

[The_Return]

Awesome in small doses.

Anyone seen Seth MacFarlane's earlier stuff? I looked up "Larry and Steve" awhile back...very cool watching it now, as it's pretty clear to see how these characters evolved into Peter and Brian.

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[ferretchucker]

It's the only show cartoon I can safely say I've seen every single episode of. I think it's brilliant, and whilst the last season was a bit of a let down this new one has restored some of it's glory. I find it to go further than The Simpsons and thus is more relatable. It also doesn't take itself particularly seriously. There has been some great character development. It's infinitely quotable.

[roshiq]

I couldn't follow it up regularly on TV, so only able to saw few episodes so far and thought it was great indeed.


Roshiq, that is really creepy. Do you remember seeing anything that night? And have you managed to confirm that those people did in fact die? The ones who your friend heard about.


Nothing particular but 2 of us claimed that they saw something like a 'fireball' moving around a big tree while we were coming back from the main jungle at near dark. I haven't seen anything but I can say one thing for sure that when you are in the middle of the jungle it really can play tricks with your mind. The atmosphere, noises, sights...all can make you feel you are in a world that totally unknown to you & something dark & haunted perhaps waiting for you in your very next move.

Yeah..we confirmed the deaths but we were not sure enough to say that their deaths had whether any sort of connection or not to their early tour on Gazani.

[neverending]

I was somewhat amused by Family Guy at the beginning but grew tired of it quickly.

[Elvis_Christ]

I was somewhat amused by Family Guy at the beginning but grew tired of it quickly.

It is essentially the same joke every episode isn't it? "Remember when...."

[Freak]

I used to watch this show all the time but havent seen any of the newer episodes.

[Doc Faustus]

Family Guy is one of the most smartest things on television. It's an antisitcom that's more about tv and how we relate to it than about anything that happens on the show. Any show with singing prom night dumpster babies, unnecessarily gory random brawling, a baby who perpetually does a Rex Harrison impression that depicts sitcome parents with a less than vanilla sex lfie is more than okay with me. It can repeat itself, it can trot out references that nobody gets, but it's original and it's forced to South Park to up their game with its sheer audacity and chaos. It doesn't always pull its intent off, but when it does it's sheer magic.

Prom Night Dumpster Baby
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Peter on Censorship
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[_____V_____]

Very interesting range of views on Family Guy.

Hmm...

What do you think of...

http://hwadarkwhispers.files.wordpress.com/2009/06/stokers-mick-garris-2.jpg

In case you don't recognise the pic, it's Mick Garris.

[cheebacheeba]

I don't know that guy, but it looks like he has horses hair.

[_____V_____]

Added his name.

[ferretchucker]

Still unaware of who he is.

[cheebacheeba]

I think he's a fuckin' dirty old pikey

[Doc Faustus]

I thought he did a good job on The Stand. As good as one could do on broadcast television. I also liked his Shining. At least he read and liked the book unlike certain Kubricks...I mean directors...I know.

[The_Return]

Even though I stopped following it after awhile, the Masters of Horror series produced some of the best horror I've seen in ages. His episodes might not have been the best, but have to give him props for masterminding the project.

Also really like Riding the Bullet. Not familiar with much of his stuff, but I don;t have a problem with anything I've seen.

[ferretchucker]

Even though I stopped following it after awhile, the Masters of Horror series produced some of the best horror I've seen in ages. His episodes might not have been the best, but have to give him props for masterminding the project.


Only saw one from that series, I think it was called The Fair Haired Child. Very enjoyable with a twist you'll never see coming. SUCK ON THAT "THEWICKERFAN".

[_____V_____]

Not many know Mick Garris, but he has been one of the modern pioneers of our genre. His version of The Shining with Steven Weber and Rebecca DeMornay was solid, and his adaptation of The Stand was almost by the book. Of course he is the man who started the Masters of Horror series too.

Anyway, let's move on.

What do you think of...

http://api.ning.com/files/Mtcj6Uo0B8sOskypODDn9jGorwX-v7uh5PB53T4bdUQ_/cthulhu02.jpg

[ferretchucker]

Sea Monsters? I don't think they'd look quite like that but they're definetely out there. Well, when I say that I don't mean maliscious lobster men or CRAB PEOPLE, but there are some scary things lurking in the deep. We've explored so little of the sea itself, new species are being discovered every day. And we all know about the bloop...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloop

Sure, we know about Giant/collosal squid, and of course there are whales that could survive down there. Just because we haven't seen it, doesn't mean there isn't anything larger.

[Doc Faustus]

That's Cthulhu, Ferret.

[missmacabre]

Everyone's favourite Elder God. :D

Also: I'm currently watching Dagon and I like it very very much. More than I probably should.

[Doc Faustus]

Dagon is really good. I think in certain ways, it's the most faithful Lovecraft adaptation out there.

[Doc Faustus]

And I hate to say it, with the exception of The Dream Quest of Unknown Kadath and Pickman's Model, I'm not into most of the mythos stuff all that much. I prefer Hands of Erich Zann and The Colour Out of Space to The Call of Cthulhu, which I wasn't all that impressed by.

[neverending]

Huge fan of every piece of Lovecraft's writing. He makes the silliest monsters truly creepy and imparts a real feeling of dread.

[ferretchucker]

That's Cthulhu, Ferret.

You're Cthulhu! :mad:

[neverending]

Get to reading Ferret- you can't become a horror writer without having read Lovecraft.

[fortunato]

Lovecraft's greatest strength, in my opinion, was the fact that while his writing is often verbose and (occasionally overly) baroque, his descriptions of horror were always so wonderfully restrained, leaving the readers' minds to create things far more terrifying than words could express. Even more so because of his otherwise wordiness, I think. Anyway, it's something we really take for granted today when it comes to horror.

Good stuff, Lovecraft.

Also, Lovecraft fans should love this:

McSweeney's: Selections from H.P. Lovecraft's Brief Tenure as a Whitman's Sampler Copywriter (http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2008/8/15burns.html)

[The_Return]

Ia! Ia! Cthulhu Fhtagn!

[_____V_____]

Indeed, Lovecraft's contribution is enormous to the genre. Cthulhu is the one creature who pretty much guarantees several sleepless nights if you have one vivid dream of it.

Anyway...

What do you think of...

http://tweaktoday.com/images/submissions/10556/large_All_American_Chili.ashx.jpg

[newb]

Love it...just made a big batch this weekend.

and you know what goes real good with that.....BEER


the wife is not to fond of the after effect though

[cheebacheeba]

An interesting concept.

[The_Return]

One of the greatest culinary discoveries of all time.

[Doc Faustus]

I'm constantly experimenting with it. The last one I made had lamb, sausage, catfish and an entire chocolate bunny. It was amazing.

[Rayne]

What do I think?...I think I'm going to go make a pot of chili and shred some cheddar cheese...Also, I will be sending Dustin to the store to get some oyster crackers because we are out.

Thanks for helping me choose what to make for dinner :)


*is a slave to the power of suggestion*

[novakru]

Love!

and those chili contests are a very underrated experience...if you ever have the opportunity to go to one:GO!
then you will see what I am talking about:cool:

[ferretchucker]

I can't stand Chilli. I don't so much mind the flavours, but the textures of it. And the typical rice that gets served with it...no thanks. Not a fan, and avoid whenever possible.

[Ferox13]

Never had it with meat but I like the veggie version of it i make...

Pretty versatile too - u can have it with rice , in tacos, buriitos etc etc

[FreddyMyers]

Goes great on nachos!

[_____V_____]

Indeed, a big bowl of freshly made chili can make your mouth water. Finish it, and everything else in your body starts watering too! :D

Ahem...anyway...

What do you think of...

http://scrapetv.com/News/News%20Pages/Entertainment/Images/scientology-religious-recognition-pamphlet.jpg

[Ferox13]

Wrote a comic for em back in the mid-90s.

They seemed mad (and fanatical) as a box of hammers.

[Doc Faustus]

Founded on a bet by a megalomaniacal crook, it takes undereducated spiritually bankrupt celebrities that want to fill themselves with something and it defrauds them, leading them closer to emptiness because of all of the things it encourages them to forsake. A lot of people will say every religion is a fraud, but those faiths are founded based upon somebody experiencing SOMETHING, whatever it was and that person wanting to share that experience rather than to simply cheat people out of their money. I think it's an egregious misuse of a very creative man's imagination and as a writer, I find that unconscionable.

[illdojo]

All organized Religion is perverted. Scientologist's are out of their pretentious money grubbing minds.

[fortunato]

Yeah, I'll echo the widespread sentiment. Co$ is bullshit business; money-hungry assholes sucking naive people dry.

[cheebacheeba]

I've already spoken my thoughts about most "organised" religions, in that I take bits and pieces of most of them in living my everyday life, I don't embrace any particular deity or church but follow a general rule or value system...by not being a complete asshole, not being an overall "bad" person, and helping those in need when I'm able. That should be enough for whatever entity or afterlife theory is, or isn't out there.

1: Giving money should never be a requirement or "entry fee" of religion, donations should be based on what one is able, and derived from what value or peace they feel from their attendance.
2: Religion should not be part of schooling or touch a childs life anymore than they want it to - after all I don't think any child is really "into" religion, most find it boring, but the real crazy fanatics on all sides, tend to be the ones that have had religion shoved upon them at a young age - something I believe from my outside perspective that this particular church pushes, among other things.
Though this happens with all of them I'm certain.
3: That cross pictured, looks like multiple dicks, sharing spiky balls.

[The_Return]

First time I was in New York, the hotel I stayed at was right next door to their headquarters. It just so happens that they offer free tours (of course), so as a joke we decided to check it out.

We were treated to a brief film promoting the finer (IE: less sci-fi/batshit-insane) points of Dianetics, which basically boiled down to a bunch of mind-over-matter mumbo-jumbo, complete with "real life examples" and carefully omitting all of the elements that would make Regular Joe laugh his ass off or run screaming (IE: Xenu).

This was followed by the overly friendly tour guide forcing a contact sheet down our throats, which asked for everything from address and phone number to social security number. Needless to say, I filled mine out with "No Thanks".

Interesting experience though...I can see how they suck people in. Very, very nice building, incredibly friendly staff, an entertaining little video that I'm sure sucks in the spiritually inclined and almost makes sense until you think about it for a minute...they know what they're doing.

If nothing else, they do a damn good job of hiding the "money-grubbing cult" aspect from the guests of their tour ;)

http://answers.savvy-cafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/07/268px-Scientology-nyc.jpg

[Elvis_Christ]

3: That cross pictured, looks like multiple dicks, sharing spiky balls.

Almost a banana/cock hybrid even

[Ferox13]

1: Giving money should never be a requirement or "entry fee" of religion, donations should be based on what one is able, and derived from what value or peace they feel from their attendance.


You Sir will never be a Subgenius and recieve Slack.

[Caenxavier]

The one thing that bugs me is the anti-scientology protests. Seriously, if you are protesting this religion why not have a giant horde at the Vatican? They are all damaging in my book.