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Fellow Americans, there comes a time every mans life when we must give up ourselves before we are worthy to recieve. There comes a time in this war on terror when in order to protect liberty, we have to give it up in the mean time for safty. That's right folks. Today, Americans have forsaken the creator for the creation and have decided that they would value our "civil liberties" than protecting western civilization and rich white people from the tender mercies of radical Islamic terrorists. Selfish liberals insist and whine that Bush has no right to spy on Americans and ban certain undesirables from using our airlines. They demand the right to criticize and blaspheeme the name of our supreme commander and cheef George W Bush while forcing multiculturalism down our throats and praising Bill Clinton. We all know however that it's totally Clintons fult for everything bad in america. Now we are at war and we must make a decision. support the safty of America and defeat terrorists, or support civil liberties and give victory to the enemy. Its all because of Bill Clinton and civil liberties that we are in this war so it is only fair that we give it up. no one said life was supposed to be fair you liberal crybabys. Dont give me that rubbish about equality and diversity. WE ARE AT WAR! If your not for Bush and against civil liberties your a terrorist! Your probably even a Communist and should be detained. Therefore fellow Americans we must throw all of our trust and resources behind George W Bush and behind this war with no ifs ands or buts. Be sure to report any and all detractors and freedom supporters to your local military and never question. Bush knows what hes doing and we will win this war once and for all. Thank you and May God bless America.

Ha-ha.

Luck of the draw!

:-)

It's been so long since I even read the fourth book that I felt I HAD to start at the beginning in order to make sense of it.

I started the Drawing last night, so I should have it done by Thursday or Friday. Maybe sooner, if I stay in bed...

I'll finish the series, but only because I feel compelled to do so. I HAVE to know the ending!

Sleep well. It's good to see you're bouncing back.

It's 5am, and I still haven't managed any sleep. At this rate, I won't just bounce back, I'll be bouncing off the walls...

No caffeine for me today, then! *grins*

Whiskey Tango Foxtrot, over?

(Where's THAT from?)

(I'd rather have won that huge lottery draw over the weekend, though. *sigh*)

I also suspect you won't need coffee...;o]

Roger that! ;-P Actually, tired or not, I suspect we'll be at it anyway. We've been known to fall asleep "in the middle of..." so to speak - it's so wonderful to be with someone you feel comfortable enough to do that with!

Darn. I wanted to be post #5,000!!!

You have to get up early in the morning (or be in the right timezone) around these parts, Doc.

Hey - tell ya what - you can have post 10,000, okay? :-P

Pugsley and I were talking about that this morning. He said would just like to have "a LITTLE" of that money! Not me! I'd want a pretty good-sized chunk of it!

LOL!

Macedonia.

Yeah, some guy in Lincoln, Nebraska apparently won the Powerball lottery this past weekend.

Of course, he hasn't claimed the "winning ticket" yet.

*eye roll*

an unwise thing to say to a drunk decurion: "tua matra bona et succida est"

in other news, I am very close to finalizing the prototype design for an exoskeletal "spine" load-bearing system for use in body-armor, physical therapy, and prosthetic applications.

I will soon have to make a full-scale mockup in light materials as a proff-of-concept before submitting it for machining in T6 aircaft aluminum, 400 inox steel, and teflon before I can say anything definite... but at this stage I think it will work.

You'll have to finish it, if for no other reason than to discover what becomes of this nefarious figure:

His fate will leave you STUNED!!!

Muwahahaha.

How's that for a cliff-hanger?

-__-

Yah. That's exactly what I thought.

But how can the contemptous Mr. Flagg meet his comeuppance? He's such a versatile character, and shows up in so many books.

(I dunno, G...he resembles David Carradine...)

"... tell ya what - you can have post 10,000, okay?"

We're not going to get there. This is a short month anyway, and we're well over halfway through it.

We'll be lucky to break 8000 at this rate. We did break 10000 back in October and November, if memory serves, and of course, we hit the wall in the Original Undead Thread.

"I am very close to finalizing the prototype design for an exoskeletal "spine" load-bearing system for use in body-armor, physical therapy, and prosthetic applications."

Have you considered using gas-filled struts such as are used on automotive liftgates and hoods to assist against the pull of gravity?

Another possibilty would be to use cables and pulleys as in recurve bows, to give assistance to the carrying of normal, and more-than-normal body weight.

The next step in this operation is to use small detonation chambers, as in nail-drivers, for such functions as "jump" or "strike."

Let me know if you need further descriptions, and when we get paid.

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