Well said, Beth.

~ma to your family billytea.

sending pain free ~ma and dealing with smarter docters ~ma to ita.

billytea, you and your family are in my thoughts. Much ~ma for your nephew's recovery.

I agree, Beth.

thanks

and on a different note -- robot army

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She mayh be dependent, but an addict is the wrong word.

I like this distinction. It's like something a psychiatrist told me about OCD--if it doesn't negatively impact your life, it's just a compulsion. When it starts dragging things down, it's OCD.

BT, thinking healing thoughts towards your family.

OMG, it's raining like a mad thing in Tallahassee. This is going to make the Florida/FSU game, erm... interesting.

Personal Ads from an Ayn Rand Fan Dating Site

[I am] short, stark, and mansome.

You should contact me if you are a skinny woman. If your words are a meaningful progression of concepts rather than a series of vocalizations induced by your spinal cord for the purpose of complementing my tone of voice. If you’ve seen the meatbot, the walking automaton, the pod-people, the dense, glazy-eyed substrate through which living organisms such as myself must escape to reach air and sunlight. If you’ve realized that if speech is to be regarded as a cognitive function, technically they aren’t speaking, and you don’t have to listen.

What a wanker. And if possible, this one is even more of a wanker:

I am rational, integrated, and efficacious. So far, I’ve never met a person who lives up to the standard I hold for myself (except online).

I take my relationships seriously. I am simply not attracted to many of the women in this world. I do not “hook-up” with girls. I only kiss those who deserve, and so far I have only encountered one who did. I would love to find someone I can learn something from; someone who challenges me to think; someone I can feel like I’ve won, rather than lowered myself to.

This one is possible as wankerous, but we need more details:

My individualism takes precedence at all costs, if not at all times.

And this sounds like parody:

I love intelligent, sassy girls, particularly those working in consulting or investment banking (but other fields are great too). Really, nothing is hotter than an accomplished girl in a suit, as long as she is willing to settle down and have my children. I want a girl who will support my ambitions against the naysayers in society.

why do you read such scary things, tommyrot?

Because the pain lets me know I'm still alive?

Or maybe because deep down inside, I feel I deserve punishment for... something....

Oh, plus I like annoying people.