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Nice to see some old-timers still around here

brought2ubyletterC wrote:Storm!!! Long time, no see!!! How the hell have you been?

C! Long time no see indeed - I'm doing really well (though I can neither confirm nor deny any involvement with the CIA), how are things with you?

Looking forward to new album with Todd La Torre, the last QR album was pretty shite...

Turns out that instead of some crazed muslims, the suspect they arrested is a white, bona fide Norwegian (I was surprised by this and so were you) Anders Behring Breivik Surprised, why? Because the alleged attacker was as lily-white and non-muslimy as Petri Gerdt? Islamic terrorism accounts for les...

Love it. The first two seasons are absolutely stellar! A tremendous exploration of the human psyche. Not for the faint of heart, certainly, but awesome stuff!

Great gig! Good day overall, what with Kamelot, Stratovarius and Nightwish...and Thor was, uh, interesting...

Funny that they got Schwarzmann, UDO's old drummer (Stefan Kaufmann, the drummer from the classic line-up, switched to guitar after a back injury and has been in Dirkschneider's band for more than a decade). Sounds like a cash grab to me, but if they produce something good, I'll check it out...

Very sad news! The great Dom DeLuise passed away on May 4, 2009. Always enjoyed his work, particularly in Mel Brooks' movies. RIP!

Malkovich, Malkovich! Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich Malkovich.

Shurik wrote:Taras Bulba
that polish princess has nice tits.

Although, I suppose that would explain the behaviour of the poles...

(with apologies to the Polish people and the nation of Poland)

Morgana wrote:Do you come to Russia often?

I don't know about often, but I'm in the Petersburg area on a fairly regular basis, like once or twice a year. Hopefully I'll be able to go a bit farther than that in the future...

According to a friend who visited Vietnam, the price of admission is generally 10 times higher for foreigners. I suppose you can look at it as subsidizing the local population so as to encourage interest in culture. I mean, students generally also receive discounts. Though I usually get away with pr...

9 Rota wasn't particularly much worse than much of the stuff that comes out of Hollywood (now, there's a ringing endorsement! ). Though, as far as Afghan war movies go, I thought Afganskiy izlom was better (which, if I'm not mistaken, shares a director with Taras Bulba).

Why yes, alive and well, thank you very much! I've spent most of my time in a land far, far away, inhabitated by moose and moomin trolls (and the occasional crossbreed, such as Tony Halme). Also, I will be sending out e-invites to your intervention shortly. I sincerely hope you have enough beer for ...

Anyone into these guys? Very good Finnish melodic death band. Their second-to-latest album, "Deadlight", is absolutely awesome. The single off that album, "Deadsong", even received quite a bit of airplay on radio. As you might have guessed from the titles, the lyrics are mainly about sunshine, puppi...

I don't have any particular dislike for Windows, but I have a gnawing suspicion that Vista was, in fact, written by Satan. Sure, it looks all nice and shiny at a first glance, but using it will condemn your soul to be forever charred by the fires of damnation. And as if eternal damnation wasn't bad ...

Bought a bunch of albums by Mechanical Poet ("Creepy Tales for Freaky Children" and "Who Did it to Michelle Waters?"). Excellent band!

"Whistling through the graveyard" was originally a Churchillian expression that was used to describe Stalin's refusal to accept the reality that war was coming between Germany and the Soviet Union. We have returned to that point in history once again, in regards to radical Islam, and there are plen...

"Whistling through the graveyard" is apparently a favorite pastime in many parts of the world these days, particularly in Europe. Stalin did this even as he signed off on the Nazi-Soviet pact, and only to be engaged in ferocious combat not long thereafter. I have no idea what you're saying here. Th...

I whole-heartedly agree with NeonVomit. The teachings of Jesus, to be kind and loving to one another, to be humble and recognise one's own imperfections and to be charitable, does not require the existence of a God to be true. The Buddhists have a notion that everyone, regardless of religion, are cl...

Why tell only Christians that God does not exist? Why not buy a billboard and declare God's passing at the neighborhood mosque? Jesus was a fairy tale, and Mohammed was not? Of course, you're well aware Jesus is considered a very important prophet and a messenger of God in Islam. If you had young k...

Excellent band. They hit their peak with The Dark Saga and Something Wicked..., but the other releases aren't too shabby either. Ripper does quite well for himself on The Glorious Burden. He's no Matt Barlow (or Rob Halford), true, but then again, not many singers are.

Unfortunately, it seems that the mere mention of God's name causes the smug factor to go through the roof with some atheists. Not to mention with some Christians. Atheists typically "evangelize" that Christianity itself is "based on fear and control", which in and of itself, shows a remarkable lack...

I agree somewhat with Stealth, in that if someone claims there is a god, the burden of proof would be on that person making that claim, not the other way round. Faith is by definition irrational. If we had evidence there is a god, it would be called knowledge, not faith. That said, how exactly would...

Didn't see the show, but damn! You nearly gave me a heart attack with that topic! I clicked the topic, thinking there had been a horrible accident or a shoot-out or something... ;) Anyway, I didn't know Caffery and Macaluso was in Spread Eagle. Heck, I didn't even know Spread Eagle was still around...

NeonVomit wrote:So, like, when's WWIII gonna start?

Next week. I'm annexing Poland.

Any fans of Nevermore in here? I've got four albums of theirs, Dreaming Neon Black , Dead Heart in a Dead World , Enemies of Reality and their latest This Godless Endeavor . I must say they're remarkably consistent in producing great albums. Endeavor in particular is most excellent. I'd be hard pres...

Yet another example of why Swedish governmental policy on treatment (or should I say non-treatment) of persons with severe mental illnesses is rather flawed.

Thanks for the link man. I'm a big Savatage fan, although several of my fave albums are post-Criss Oliva releases ( Handful of Rain and Dead Winter Dead ) though the one album he and Zak Stevens made together, Edge of Thorns , is certainly among their finest. Of course, there really isn't a bad albu...

I work as a software engineer (and finishing of my last year of university studies). As I don't have my degree yet my salary is on the low end of what I could be getting, but I live quite well nevertheless. It's a line of work I would recommend, in other words ;) But yeah, my first year or two study...