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Hmmm, that's a tough one. The English Patient Willem Dafoe Platoon

That "three months salary" stuff is nothing more than an advertising campaign created by DeBeers, a company that controls almost all of the world's diamond production. They also came up with slogan "Diamonds are Forever" and supposedly they are responsible for coming up with the whole idea of the diamond engagement ring. Pretty slick.

This was the Nantahala River in N.C. almost on the Tennessee border.

The Fly Geena Davis Thelma & Louise

Enemy at the Gates

Do voices count? :)--> A Fish Called Wanda Kevin Kline Silverado

Driving Miss Daisy Morgan Freeman The Shawshank Redemption

The First Wives Club Diane Keaton Annie Hall

Now here's the list I can relate to: 3 years old when the series Gunsmoke started 5 years old during the first airing of Leave It To Beaver 7 years old when the first episode of Bonanza aired 10 years old at the time Beverly Hillbillies first aired 12 years old when the Addams Family first appeared on TV 14 years old at the time the first Star Trek episode was televised 18 years old when All in the Family was first shown 20 years old at the time the TV series M*A*S*H began 23 years old when Saturday Night Live first aired 25 years old when CBS introduced Dallas 28 years old during the first airing of Hill Street Blues 30 years old at the time the first Cheers episode was televised 34 years old when L.A. Law was first aired on TV 34 years old at the time the series Married with Children began 37 years old when Seinfeld was first televised 39 years old in the month Home Improvement began 42 years old at the time the TV series Friends began 44 years old when Everybody Loves Raymond first aired 46 years old when Who Wants To Be A Millionaire began in the US

Well, you have to give him credit for trying, I guess. He must have screwed up big time to have to go to this extreme.

Like this? Harrison Ford Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade Sean Connery

The Lutheran church that I go to has sponsored a "Wild at Heart" retreat for the past two years. It's not one of the "official" $395 retreats sponsored by John Eldredge's Ransomed Heart Ministries, just one put together by church members. I've gone on both of them, mainly because they go whitewater rafting, one of those macho outdoor adventures men are supposed to be hard-wired to enjoy. Before I went the first time, I read Eldredge's book "Wild at Heart" because we were supposed to discuss it. A lot of it is just New Age psycho-babble with some Christianity mixed in here and there. He makes some good points, such as men should be involved in their children's lives and handle their responsibilities, but all that stuff about how men really want to slay the evil villain to rescue the fair maiden is a little strange. He says that deep down all women really want to be rescued. There's a bunch of junk about how we were all wounded by our fathers because they didn't love us enough and we need to be healed of that. That idea sounds like it came right out of that "Iron John" men's movement that was so popular a few years back. Eldredge also goes on about how society is trying to turn boys into girls and men into women, and how men should forget about trying to get in touch with their feminine side. Eldredge tries to prove his points not by using the Bible, but examples from movies. One of his examples of a man who is "wild at heart" is the Brad Pitt character Tristan in "Legends of the Fall." Tristan fights men and bears, travels the world in search of adventure and romances beautiful women. This is supposed to be what every man wants to be and every woman wants to have. The fact that Tristan's adventures end up with him becoming a bootlegger, which results in his wife being killed, is apparently irrelevant. One of the most bizarre ideas in the book is that men are "wild at heart" because Adam was created in the wild, untamed part of creation and then God placed him in the Garden of Eden. Women are more domesticated because Eve was created in the garden, and then she tried to domesticate Adam. The result is that by the time Eve eats the fruit, Adam doesn't stand up to her because he's already "whipped." Adam's failure was not "rescuing the beauty" which got him kicked out of the garden. Sounds like private interpretation to rival VPs.

I have an unattached one-car garage behind my house and in the 16 years I've lived here, the car has been parked in it exactly once. Too much stuff.

I've gotten this one several times. I think this guy needs to work on his story a little. He says his father was poisoned to death by his business associates and then he wants me to come to Benin to "stand as my late fathers business partner." Yeah, I'll get right on that. PERSONAL LETTER FROM:BOBSON KWAME COTONOU-BENIN WESTAFRICA. PERMIT ME TO INFORM YOU OF OUR DESIRE OF GOING INTO BUSINESS RELATIONSHIP WITH YOU. I GOT YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS THRUOGH THE INTERNET AND DECIEDED TO CONTACT YOU WITHOUT NO HESISTATE TO CONFIDE IN YOU FOR THIS SIMPLE AND SINCERE BUSINESS HENCE YOU WILL UNDERSTAND AS WELL. I AM BOBSON, THE ONLY CHILD OF LATE MR AND MRS. PIERRE KWAME.MY FATHER WAS A VERY WEALTHY COCOA MERCHANT AND A POLITICIAN BASED IN ABIDJAN THE ECONOMIC CAPITAL OF IVORY COAST. BEFORE HE WAS POISONED TO DEATH BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES ON ONE OF THEIR OUTING TO DISCURSSED ON A BUSINESS/POLITIES OF THEIR PARTY. HOWEVER,MY MOTHER DIED ON THE 21ST OCTOBER 2001.MY FATHER TOOK ME SO SPECIAL BECAUSE I AM MOTHERLESS. BEFORE THE DEATH OF MY FATHER ON 29TH JUNE 2003 IN A PRIVATE HOSPITAL HERE IN ABIDJAN. HE SECRETLY CALLED ME ON HIS BEDSIDE AND TOLD ME THAT HE HAS A SUM OF US$ 25.2,000,000.00 (TWENTY FIVE MILLION TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND U.S.A DOLLARS) LEFT IN ONE SECURITY COMPANY IN (COTONOU FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BENIN) REGISTERED AS OUR FAMILY TREASURE OF JEWLIRIENS AND DOCUMENTS FOR SECRECT. THE SECURITY COMPANY DO NOT KNOW THE CONTENTS OF THE TRUNK BOX AS PHISICAL CASH IN DOLLAR. PRESENTLY THIS IS WHERE I HAVE BEEN RESIDENTS FOR PERIOD OF TIME NOW FOR ME TO GET CONTACT WITH A TRUSTWARTHY PERSON WHOM WILL HANDLE THE TRANSACTION WITH ME ALSO BECUASE OF THE REBELLE WAR GOING ON IN IVORY COAST TILL TODAY. ALSO MY LATE FATHER, EXPLAINED TO ME THAT IT WAS BECAUSE OF THIS WEALTH HE WAS POISONED BY HIS BUSINESS ASSOCIATES AND DUE TO POLITIES AS WELL. THEREFORE I SHOULD SEEK FOR A FOREIGN PARTNER FROM ANY COUNTRY OF MY CHOICE WHOM SHALL HELP ME CLEAR THE CONSIGNMENT FROM THE SECRURITY COMPANY FOR AN INVESTMENT PURPOSE, (SUCH AS REAL ESTATE MANAGEMENT/BUY OF SHARES/STOCKS AND TO CONTINUE MY EDUCATION) RIGHT NOW I AM HONOURABLY SEEKING YOUR ASSISTANCE IN THE FOLLOWING WAYS. 1)TO COME DOWN HERE IN COTONU BENIN AND STAND AS MY LATE FATHERS BUSINESS PARTNER AND CLEAR THE CONSIGNMENT FROM THE SECURITY COMPANY. 2)TO SERVE AS THE GUARDIAN OF THIS CONSIGNMENT.AND TO MAKE ARRANGEMENT FOR ME TO TARVELL WITH YOU TO YOUR COUNTRY AFTER THE CONSIGNMENT HAS BEING CLEARED AND DEPOSIT WITH ANY LOCAL BANK HERE FOR THE TRANSFER OF THE FUNDS INTO YOUR ACCOUNT IN YOUR COUNTRY AS BEEN CONCLUDED. YOU SHALL BE GIVEN 25% OF TOTAL SUM AS COMPENSATION FOR YOUR EFFORT/INPUT AFTER THE SUCCESSFUL TRANSACTION. MOREOVER, YOU CAN INDICATE YOUR OPTION TOWARDS ASSISTING ME AS I BELIEVE THAT THIS TRANSACTION WOULD BE CONCLUDED WITHIN THREE (3) DAYS YOU SIGNIFY INTEREST TO ASSIST ME AND YOUR ARRIVAL HERE IN COTONOU BENIN AS THE MANGEMENT OF SECURITY COMPANY ASSURED ME. HOPING TO HEAR FROM YOU SOON THROUGH THIS EMAIL ADDRESSE PLEASE. THANKS AND GOD BLESS AND YOUR FAMILY. YOURS FAITHFULLY. BOBSON. ORPHAN.

"Emmanuelle" borderline? Soft-core, maybe, but not borderline. I was definitely in the wrong branch. ;)-->

I sure hope its a better game than the ones yesterday. Boring.

Here's a pizza guy that has a serious customer service problem.

I would have liked to have paid just $75.00 to take the class.

I love the part where Hillary smacks Bill. That is hilarious.

I believe Jim Bakker was sincere and believed what he said in the beginning too. When he first went on local cable tv here in Charlotte, I don't think it was part of some grand scheme to bilk little old ladies out of their life savings. But when he ended up on a network of over 100 stations and the money started rolling in at $500,000 a day at its height, it got away from him. He started awarding himself $4,000,000 "bonuses" and buying luxury condos in Florida and California. When Richard Dortch, his second in command, was asked one time why they had dipped into the funds for personal use, he said, "Because there was nobody to tell us that we couldn't." No accountability at all. I think that's what happened to VP too. He got so caught up in being "the man of God for our time" and "our father in the word" that he thought he could do anything he wanted and there was nobody to tell him that he couldn't. That leads to abuse of all kinds. This is just my opinion, but it seems that at some point the focus changed from just teaching the bible to marketing PFAL. The whole "if you want to know all the secrets, you have to take the class" junk that I heard all the time practically screams "grifter."

If you haven't seen this yet, check it out. It's a hoot. Second Term It takes a couple minutes to load, but it's worth it.

Did anybody ever do that? I'd love to know how that went over. :D-->

For any of you parents who thought toilet training your kids was tough, try this on for size. Trying to keep unsightly droppings off the ground, elephant handlers at the Chiang Mai Zoo in Thailand are attempting to toilet train seven elephants. The beasts are being trained to sit like a human on giant white concrete toilets, which can be flushed by pulling on a rope with their trunks. No mention if the male elephants are being trained to put the seat down when they're finished.

The story doesn't say that he was ever in a classroom during school hours, except maybe a study hall. When I was in high school, study hall was 200 kids in one room and anybody could have slipped in there unnoticed.

For me, the beginning of the end was the infamous "Christian Family & Sex" class. After the session where VP taught that inane "original sin was masturbation" lesson, I was sitting with my small group where we discussed what we had just heard. I asked if anybody else understood or bought into VP's theory, and the consensus from everybody else was, "We don't understand it, but "Doctor" said it, so it must be right." It was all downhill from there for me.