I really don't mean to defend the guy, but I seriously have to wonder if maybe he himself is so broken that it's the only kind of human experience he can relate to.

No, Westies are the best. Smart, practically hypo-allergenic.

Which one is Graham? Is he the one to the right of McCain and that stock photo lesbian?

In all seriousness, I think that magick and science appeal to the same type of person- They're both methods of peeling back the layers to get at the truth of how the universe works.

Flammarion's ideas about extraterrestrial life were influenced by the works of Jean Reynaud, who believed that after death, souls would travel to another planet, be reincarnated, live, die, and start the process again.

I try.

You act like there's a distinction between the Christian branch, the Islamic branch, and the original Jewish trunk of that poison tree.

This is a crime against humanity. I am borderline ready to argue that it constitutes a justification for genocide.

An old fashioned butterfly safety razor and soap brush is the best shave you'll ever have. Seriously- I'm kicking myself for not getting one 20 years earlier.

The cost per SDB II is said to be around $250k and the DoD plans on buying as many as 17,000 of them.

And "Pissah!" As in, "Wicked pissah!"

Not all of them. As I said, my own strategy is to be as useful as possible to the larger group. There are a lot of us- less in the preppers than the SCA and sustainability folks- who understand that humans are social animals and the chance to not only survive, but thrive, increases in a well functioning group.

I'm an artist/craftsman working with wood, light metals, and clay, worked on a sustainable farm (including learning about sustainable, low cost construction, power generation, and septic systems), and hang out with a whole bunch of SCA, homesteading, and prepper types.

I enjoy three types of movies:

I'm a night auditor at a small hotel on the Maine coast. I love my job. I really do.

When I was in high school we smoked a whole lot of weed and watched Critters and when my buddy got all paranoid we rolled a basketball over his feet and it was the best thing ever.

I occasionally get asked why I charge so much for my woodwork. I tell people it's not expensive, it's that everything else is cheap. We're so used to paying slave-wage WalMart prices for Chinese plastic that we forget what a real craftsman's time is worth.

The shows that survive will fit one of three categories:

Am I seriously the only person on the planet who thinks these pop figures are the dumbest crap since troll dolls?

Actually, I'd like to see him tell the story himself, with an emphasis on the Uncle Ben part, as one of those "here's a confession from my past that deepens my character and makes you understand my annoying personality trait" moments.