The historic and original "Welcome new posters! Introduce yourselves here!" thread

[COLONEL]

I see in the email telling me my account has been validated:

These seem to me to be arbitrary and senseless rules, and I don't like to be pushed around. So, hello and goodbye, guys.

--Greg I appologise to all you MODS up front but I could not keep my mouth shut on this one
Welcome GregLee Well by the sounds I doubt if you would have lasted very long anyways . Looks like you came here with a chip on your shoulder and did not even want mto give us a chance , so I will say good by to you and you will never know the friends you could have made here . One last thing we all went thru the procedures and we abide by the rules ,so what made you think you were special ?

[amb]

I see in the email telling me my account has been validated:

These seem to me to be arbitrary and senseless rules, and I don't like to be pushed around. So, hello and goodbye, guys.

--Greg

Why the f......... do people like you bother to waste our time. I'm glad you're gone. We have a fantastic group of members here who do not need a person with you're kind of attitude. :mad:

[Mashuna]

I see in the email telling me my account has been validated:

These seem to me to be arbitrary and senseless rules, and I don't like to be pushed around. So, hello and goodbye, guys.

--Greg

I'm undecided as to whether this is a completely pointless and petulant post, or absolutely genius wit. I'll just have to wait and find out.

[Bodi]

Wow, its great to finally be a member. I look forward to some great arguments (in the legal sense, of course).

I guess, to be brief, I should tell you that I don't believe in beliefs (including yours, whoever, whatever you may be) and I am very skeptical, especially of Skeptics.

Brush off your baloney detection kits, kiddies, go take a good, hard, penetrating look in the mirror, and get ready, cause here I am....

:D

[COLONEL]

Wow, its great to finally be a member. I look forward to some great arguments (in the legal sense, of course).

I guess, to be brief, I should tell you that I don't believe in beliefs (including yours, whoever, whatever you may be) and I am very skeptical, especially of Skeptics.

Brush off your baloney detection kits, kiddies, go take a good, hard, penetrating look in the mirror, and get ready, cause here I am....

:D
Welcome Bodi, We have the Padded suite all ready for you, I'm sure it's better then any padded room you have been in before. :cool:

[amb]

Welcome Bodi, We have the Padded suite all ready for you, I'm sure it's better then any padded room you have been in before. :cool:

Yes. In this cell you are at least fed fried or broiled hamsters for dinner. :p

[UnrepentantSinner]

The forum only has room for about 20 more members, so we're going to have to start kicking some people out.

Any volunteers?

[quadraginta]

The forum only has room for about 20 more members, so we're going to have to start kicking some people out.

Any volunteers?


We could start with the ones who hang out in the entry vestibule, clogging up the doorway.

...

Oh. Wait.

...

Bye. :p

[Verdruc]

Hello!
I am an unruly young Corkonian. I used to fervently consult the I Ching every time I had a problem, but then I saw Mr. Amazing on youtube talking about Geller. I got involved.

[eutychus]

Good howdy!

Wandered over here from The Straight Dope (ex-mod over there ... let's not talk about that.) Webmaster of The Encyclopedia of Disney Animated Shorts. General wiseacre and raconteur. Speaks in incomplete sentences. Nice to be here. :)

[hcmom]

Goats milk? Won't that offend the goat? It's hers I suppose.. :-)


Milking the goat is much less offensive than what used to be done to her.

ETA: but then some senseless and arbitrary rules were put into place...

[JihadJane]

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[COLONEL]

The forum only has room for about 20 more members, so we're going to have to start kicking some people out.

Any volunteers?
Well we could get rid of the ones that have not posted in over a year and we could put some of the members in the same room with Shemp that should free up some space .

[fess]

After over a year now, I have finally become a member of this forum… thank you. However, I see that under my name I am listed as “new blood”. I’m not sure if I feel excited, or frightened. :-)

[arthwollipot]

Milking the goat is much less offensive than what used to be done to her.

ETA: but then some senseless and arbitrary rules were put into place...And the place hasn't been the same since.

Neither has the goat, for that matter.

[amb]

After over a year now, I have finally become a member of this forum… thank you. However, I see that under my name I am listed as “new blood”. I’m not sure if I feel excited, or frightened. :-)

Welcome. No need to be frightened. Just make sure you from now on sleep with a light on and a crucifix by the bed. :p

[Kathyw]

Hi everyone, another newbie from London, England.

[Mr. Skinny]

Welcome, Kathy and all the other newcomers. Good to see so many new shiny faces!

[Sophronius]

Hey all,

I've been lurking these forums for a while now, and figured that it's time I registered. Don't know if I'll post much or anything, but I guess time will tell.

From what I've seen so far, this forum attracts more than its fair share of nuts (or so one would hope) but overal this seems like a nice place with some cool people. :)

Some stuff about myself:

I'm 19 years old, Dutch, and an atheist. Technically I suppose I'm an agnostic, since there is no certainty about any deity's existence, but I feel that using that term would implicate that I consider the idea of a god interfering with our daily lives significantly more likely than the existence of unicorns living in my sock drawer (and I checked just this morning), so calling myself an atheist should prevent any confusion on that part I think.

I'm not a firm proponent of any specific political ideology, though admittably I haven't spent as much time following politics as I probably should have. I study economics (International Bachelor for Economics and Business to be precise, but that's too wordy) at Erasmus University in Rotterdam.

My overall philosophy can best be described as Nihilistic I think, though I don't normally use that term because it's ambiguous and tends to make people upset. So to clarify: I'm not an anarchist or a chriminal, I just try to refrain from believing in anything irrational, including such things but not limited to: Magic, gods, humans being 'special' in any way, some people being intrinsically 'better' than others, opinions in general being holy in any way, morals being anything other than opinions (though they may have a common root in culture/ancestry, this again does not make them holy), and unicorns.



So, to summarise: Hi. :)

[COLONEL]

Hey all,

Some stuff about myself:

I'm 19 years old, Dutch, and an atheist. Technically I suppose I'm an agnostic, since there is no certainty about any deity's existence, so calling myself an atheist should prevent any confusion on that part I think.
So, to summarise: Hi. :)
Hi and welcome to the forum have a cookie,a fresh glass of goats milk . a hamster roll and a Mintie , Pat the Goat on the head when you see it ,also return any over due library books .
Now please answer this question so the goat will know where to take you, Are you Dutch or are you an Atheist ? :cool: or a Dutch Atheist or an
Atheist Dutch? Depending on your answer you could end up having to share a room with Shemp.

[Femke]

Hi Sophronius,

:welcome2 from a fellow Dutch atheistic Holland-dwelling diety-disbeliever. Don't let colonel scare you, you do not have to share a room with Shemp if you dutifully eat your share of hamster nuggets. The goat will come by shortly to take you to a thread of your choice. May I recommend anything in Members Only to help you up your post count?
Femke

[Sophronius]

Cheers guys. :)

uh, I hesitate to ask what goats, hamsters, Shemps or any of the other things you mentioned have to do with anything, but I'll just do the wise thing and refrain from thinking about the matter any further rather than try to make sense of it and risk causing damage to my sanity.

........

....

..

....the goat is an allegory for satan, isn't it? :boggled:

.......

...patting the goat on the hand then, would surely indicate approval for the evil in this world......

............

...Afterwards he would take me a to a "thread" of my choice.... I suppose this can only stand for eternal damnation...

.....

.........

.... "members only".... this would be your cult of the damned?

But if that's so, then the milk..... blood of the innocent? :boxedin:

...........

But what about the hamster roll and the minty???? :confused:



Damnit, I'm this close to having figured it all out. :/

[yomero]

Hello:
This is my first post, for several years I have been lurking around these pages.Last year I decided to join. Now I wish to make a comment on the Religion and Philosophy forum about one of the William Lane Craig threads. This post can be my introduction.
I am male, 64 years, a citizen of Mexico, a pediatrician, de facto atheist, politically left center (In my country and in most of the world. In the USA it would be extreme left), skeptic.
English is not my language. It has been over 40 years since I had to write it regularly. I would appreciate it if any spelling and syntax mistakes were pointed out GENTLY. Thanks.

[Femke]

Hi yomero,

Welcome, and stop worrying about the quality of your English, it already looks much better than that of some of our native English speakers.
It was a very good idea of you to stop lurking, come out of the shadows and introduce yourself. Nice to meet you.
Pediatrician? Do you like minced Homeopath? It is Rolfe's specialty, and it is usually a treat to follow the threads where she operates. Just follow the trail of water drops to Medicine.
Femke

[yomero]

Thanks Femke. The only way I could tolerate minced homeopath is with onions and diluted to a 100X solution.

[CelticRose]

uh, I hesitate to ask what goats, hamsters, Shemps or any of the other things you mentioned have to do with anything, but I'll just do the wise thing and refrain from thinking about the matter any further rather than try to make sense of it and risk causing damage to my sanity.
Shemp, singular please -- one is more than enough.

[Femke]

Thanks Femke. The only way I could tolerate minced homeopath is with onions and diluted to a 100X solution.

Great, that's the best way to have them. :D
Do you mind if we call on you if the next homeopath that comes along needs diluting and we have too much woo on our hands?

[amb]

Cheers guys. :)

uh, I hesitate to ask what goats, hamsters, Shemps or any of the other things you mentioned have to do with anything, but I'll just do the wise thing and refrain from thinking about the matter any further rather than try to make sense of it and risk causing damage to my sanity.

........

....

..

....the goat is an allegory for satan, isn't it? :boggled:

.......

...patting the goat on the hand then, would surely indicate approval for the evil in this world......

............

...Afterwards he would take me a to a "thread" of my choice.... I suppose this can only stand for eternal damnation...

.....

.........

.... "members only".... this would be your cult of the damned?

But if that's so, then the milk..... blood of the innocent? :boxedin:

...........

But what about the hamster roll and the minty???? :confused:



Damnit, I'm this close to having figured it all out. :/

Don't worry about it to much. A member here got invaded by a hoard of hamsters, so each new member gets to eat a hamster either in a roll or grilled with a salad until the supply is exhausted.
The Minty is an after dinner mint. OK? Any more questions, please refer them to the Colonel. :p

[Darkhole]

There aren't many from the Netherlands,

Femke

I am. ;)

[Fiona]

I know of at least 5. And I am not even looking for them !

[amb]

Five Dutch. How many Italians are members of this great forum? Just curious.:D

[Femke]

Since I am keeping an eye on the introduction thread I think we had some 6 new Dutch bloods (of which one British posing as one), and I am sure we have more Dutch regulars, at least according to what they state in their location.
Can't say I have seen Italy mentioned in anyone's location. Are the resident Italians that ashamed of their country? :D

ETA: Oh, hi Darkhole, didn't see you. There are more of us than I realised.

[amb]

Maybe forums such as this and RD are not that popular in Italy seeing that 80% of the country is in catholic hands. Must Google the number of sceptics amongst the general population of Italy.

[amb]

Here we are. The number of atheists throughout the world.

http://www.adherents.com/largecom/com_atheist.html

[Femke]

Yay, we made it into the top-10 of largest proportions.
However, in absolute numbers, Italy beats us by two places. Therefore there should be some Italians around, statistically.

[daws59]

it never rains in California..

[COLONEL]

it never rains in California.. so what does this have to do with the welcome forum ? How many Irish /Native americans here ?

[amb]

Yay, we made it into the top-10 of largest proportions.
However, in absolute numbers, Italy beats us by two places. Therefore there should be some Italians around, statistically.

Alas, it seems I'm alone. At least in this thread.

[Femke]

Alas, it seems I'm alone. At least in this thread.

You Italian? Wouldn't have guessed from your location.
And on this forum your're never alone :rub:

[amb]

Well, to be precise. I'm an Italian born Australian. :)

[arthwollipot]

Australia has quite a large Italian population. Also Greeks and Lebanese, although these days the Chinese, Vietnamese and Thais are giving them a run for their money.

[Femke]

Of course, thank you.
That means that there might be many more closet-Italians among us.
Makes you wonder: How many different nationalities do we have in this forum?

<scurries off to Community>

[Prometheus]

Australia has quite a large Italian population. Also Greeks and Lebanese, although these days the Chinese, Vietnamese and Thais are giving them a run for their money.

There was a spot on the radio this morning about how the Irish are now heading to Oz in droves to escape their crumbling economy.

[CelticRose]

so what does this have to do with the welcome forum ? How many Irish /Native americans here ?
*raises hand*

Well, actually I'm Irish, Scottish, English, French, Dutch, and Native American.

[ToryMagoo]

Hi :) My name is Tory Christman, aka: ToryMagoo and I was "in" the "church" of Scientology for 30 years. In July of 2000, I woke up .....realized it was a scam and left forever.

Originally I wasn't going to speak out, however due to their own actions of picking on me, once out, I realized *I* have a voice too, and have been speaking out, ever since. :)

My goal is to educate people on mind control and peer pressure and their abusive actions. I'm quite sure there are people here who can teach me a great deal, which I'm happy to learn.

Thank you for your warm welcome. :)

Tory/Magoo

[ToryMagoo]

Of course, thank you.
That means that there might be many more closet-Italians among us.
Makes you wonder: How many different nationalities do we have in this forum?

FTR: I'm English, Irish, Scottish, German and part Welch. ;)

TLC

[Fiona]

Hi :) My name is Tory Christman, aka: ToryMagoo and I was "in" the "church" of Scientology for 30 years. In July of 2000, I woke up .....realized it was a scam and left forever.

Originally I wasn't going to speak out, however due to their own actions of picking on me, once out, I realized *I* have a voice too, and have been speaking out, ever since. :)

My goal is to educate people on mind control and peer pressure and their abusive actions. I'm quite sure there are people here who can teach me a great deal, which I'm happy to learn.

Thank you for your warm welcome. :)

Tory/Magoo

Welcome to you ToryMagoo. I will be very interested to read what you have to say about coercive persuasion. It is a subject I would like to know a lot more about. I look forward to your posts :)

Once again the regular hosts are absent but they will be along soon. Meantime the most important things are patting the goat and returning the library books: they say that eating cookies and minties and hamsters is just as important, but that is a lie. We want you for what we can get out of you: t'aint a charity! ;)

Oh..wait...it is, isn't it *blush*

[ToryMagoo]

Thanks, Fiona :)

I have to make 12 more posts before I can post a link that will answer many
of your questions....so hang on.

Meantime, is there any one question you have?

Let me know, please.

You mentioned the hosts are gone..is that a joke or for real? If real, when shall they return?

Best,

Tory/Magoo

[COLONEL]

Hi :) My name is Tory Christman, aka: ToryMagoo and I was "in" the "church" of Scientology for 30 years. In July of 2000, I woke up .....realized it was a scam and left forever.

Originally I wasn't going to speak out, however due to their own actions of picking on me, once out, I realized *I* have a voice too, and have been speaking out, ever since. :)

My goal is to educate people on mind control and peer pressure and their abusive actions. I'm quite sure there are people here who can teach me a great deal, which I'm happy to learn.

Thank you for your warm welcome. :)

Tory/Magoo
Welcome Tory, I too can't wait to hear what you have to say .Have a Grayman cookie ,a glass of goats milk and a mintie .Be sure to return all overdue library books. Pat the goat on the head when you see it. follow the yellow hallway to the green hall way, when you get to the green hall way you may enter any room with out a name -tag on the door. this will be your room be sure to put your name on the door once you get settled in.
By the way how do you like your Hamster cooked ?

enjoy your stay here you are officially welcomed

[Fiona]

Thanks, Fiona :)

I have to make 12 more posts before I can post a link that will answer many
of your questions....so hang on.

Meantime, is there any one question you have?

Let me know, please.

You mentioned the hosts are gone..is that a joke or for real? If real, when shall they return?

Best,

Tory/Magoo

Sorry Tory, I probably misled you with a serious first paragraph: that is rather frowned on in here and I only did it cos the regular hosts weren't looking: pretend I never said anything and maybe they will turn a blind eye: looking good so far :)

I have read a fair bit about mind control type things and at present my interest is in exploring its limits of application in various settings: but we will no doubt get to that in a thread sometime :)

[Mr. Skinny]

ToryMagoo,

Don't worry about the "hosts". Fiona just means the regular greeters that post in this thread.

The important thing for you to remember is that I am forum god and that you should occasionally say nice things to me and offer at least offer faint praise for my posts so that you stay on my good side.

The "hosts" spend a lot of time talking about minties and goats and oatmeal cookies, but they don't tell you the important stuff, like praising SkinnyGod!

Fools.

[arthwollipot]

Hi :) My name is Tory Christman, aka: ToryMagoo and I was "in" the "church" of Scientology for 30 years. In July of 2000, I woke up .....realized it was a scam and left forever.

Originally I wasn't going to speak out, however due to their own actions of picking on me, once out, I realized *I* have a voice too, and have been speaking out, ever since. :)

My goal is to educate people on mind control and peer pressure and their abusive actions. I'm quite sure there are people here who can teach me a great deal, which I'm happy to learn.

Thank you for your warm welcome. :)

Tory/MagooHi Tory! and Welcome. I did an interview with an ex-Sci just before Christmas, which will be featured on the next episode of my podcast (probably mid-Feb). I'd be interested in hearing what you have to say as well.

[COLONEL]

ToryMagoo,

Don't worry about the "hosts". Fiona just means the regular greeters that post in this thread.

The important thing for you to remember is that I am forum god and that you should occasionally say nice things to me and offer at least offer faint praise for my posts so that you stay on my good side.

The "hosts" spend a lot of time talking about minties and goats and oatmeal cookies, but they don't tell you the important stuff, like praising SkinnyGod!

Fools.
I don't know about the others, but goats milk ,cookies and minties are important to me . I like to eat . and just to stay on you good side , let me say you look lovely in your mini skirt today

[amb]

Hi :) My name is Tory Christman, aka: ToryMagoo and I was "in" the "church" of Scientology for 30 years. In July of 2000, I woke up .....realized it was a scam and left forever.

Originally I wasn't going to speak out, however due to their own actions of picking on me, once out, I realized *I* have a voice too, and have been speaking out, ever since. :)

My goal is to educate people on mind control and peer pressure and their abusive actions. I'm quite sure there are people here who can teach me a great deal, which I'm happy to learn.

Thank you for your warm welcome. :)

Tory/Magoo
Took you 30 years to realize it's a scam? :eye-poppi I suppose it could have been worse. It could have taken you 31 years. :p
Welcome to the forum. I'm the official Minty supplier and Grayman is the official oat bran cookie supplier. Help yourself and again, welcome. :)

[Mr. Skinny]

I don't know about the others, but goats milk ,cookies and minties are important to me . I like to eat . and just to stay on you good side , let me say you look lovely in your mini skirt today:D Wait till you see me in my Daisy Duke shorts!!!!

[COLONEL]

:D Wait till you see me in my Daisy Duke shorts!!!!
Oh no, what have I started ?

[parnassus]

hello, I'm a pediatrician in California. I stumbled upon this site while researching the Bigfoot phenomenon, sasqualogy, and other scary campfire tales.

[grayman]

Well, to be precise. I'm an Italian born Australian. :)

I knew it! When you post I always think of an old bad joke:

The U.S. has U.S.S. before the name of their naval ships. (United States Ship)

The British have H.M.S. before the name of their ships. (His/Her Majesty's Ship)

The Italians have A.M.B. (Attsa My Boat)





Sorry. :o Have an oatmeal cookie.

[OWW]

Say "Hello", it says...

so here is me, er...

saying it.

[Femke]

Say "Hello", it says...

so here is me, er...

saying it.

Welcome, :welcome2
How good of you to join us. You seem like the shy type, so I'd recommend you steer clear of the goat, just pat it on the head -gently- when you see it and it will go away. I don't have to ask you to return your library books in time, do I?
Have some goats milk and some cookies, and maybe a broiled hamster would go down nicely? And then just take any thread and get a feel of the place. You'll soon get the hang of it.

Femke

[sdt23107]

I thought it was about time I introduced myself seeing as I have been a member here since 07.

So Hi all.

[Fiona]

Welcome to Parnassus and the very, very quiet person with the complicated nick (only kidding, sdt23107 :D). Hope to hear lots from you both, and from oww.

[Manopolus]

Hello, just got accepted.

My journey here was a strange one. It started with the official Facebook page of Americans United for Separation of Church and State (a lobby I've supported for years), went through a website on America's secular origins, to "The Age of Enlightenment" by Thomas Paine (you know, the guy that wrote "Common Sense"), and to some "lists" guy that makes bizarre top 10 lists (most irrelevant to my interests, but interesting, nonetheless), one of which were top 10 psychic debunkings all of which were videos of James Randi... and then to other Youtube videos of the same man. I applied for the forum, and the rest of my day has been spent rebuking fellow agnostics for being as intolerant as the Christians they attacked on the AU facebook page. (Exactly how can someone who professes to follow NO religion get as defensive and intolerant as those who hold illogical beliefs? I'll never understand it... makes no sense to me).

Anyway, that's been my day. I look forward to getting to know the place.

[amb]

I knew it! When you post I always think of an old bad joke:

The U.S. has U.S.S. before the name of their naval ships. (United States Ship)

The British have H.M.S. before the name of their ships. (His/Her Majesty's Ship)

The Italians have A.M.B. (Attsa My Boat)





Sorry. :o Have an oatmeal cookie.

Or in non military parlance. Attsa My Bird, when a stunning female blue eyed blond in a bikini is spotted. :p

[amb]

hello, I'm a pediatrician in California. I stumbled upon this site while researching the Bigfoot phenomenon, sasqualogy, and other scary campfire tales.

Welcome to the forum. A pediatrician hey? I bet you could tell some scary tales from experience. :p

Anyway, have an oatmeal cookie and take one only minty to take away the after taste of the cookie and feel free to wander the forum. If you run into a goat, it's just after your money, so just ignore it and carry on. :)

[7forever]

Well, I'm here. I'm hot on Kennedy at the moment.

[COLONEL]

Well, I'm here. I'm hot on Kennedy at the moment.
Colonel takes hose and and sprays 7forever with cold water . Welcome 7forever now that I have cooled you down, help your self to an oatmeal cookie, and a glass of goats milk also you may take a Hamster and it will be cooked anyway you would like it . have a MINTIE ,return all over due library books and pat the goat on the head when you see it . you can get a towel and dry off when you get to your room.

[7forever]

"It only happend one way"...Dale Meyers is another huge tool. Disinfo is his game.;)

[Bill Glazier]

Good day to you all, I'm Bill Glazier.

Hailing from the middle of England, I'm a loyal subject of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the big scary space lizard.

I've been a lurker for a few months, so I thought I'd join in and hopefully reeducate some of you sheeple about the evil forces of global domination that control you.

I'll probably take a little flak from the shills and sleepwalkers but I intend to fight these with the trusty tools of RANDOM CAPITALS and bad spelin.

Let battle commence.

[Fiona]

Good day to you all, I'm Bill Glazier.

Hailing from the middle of England, I'm a loyal subject of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the big scary space lizard.

I've been a lurker for a few months, so I thought I'd join in and hopefully reeducate some of you sheeple about the evil forces of global domination that control you.

I'll probably take a little flak from the shills and sleepwalkers but I intend to fight these with the trusty tools of RANDOM CAPITALS and bad spelin.

Let battle commence.

Welcome Bill Glazier. Yours is the first post I read this mornng and it made me laugh. So thanks for that :D

Oh, and nominated :)

[Bill Glazier]

What's so funny? I'm deadly serious.

;)

Thanks for the welcome, though.

[Fiona]

What's so funny? I'm deadly serious.



That is. ;)

[Bill Glazier]

Ah, a disinformation agent.

You'd better back off, before I link up a YouTube vid on you.
I don't know which vid but definitely one with "100% proof!!!11!" in the title.

That'll learn you.


**Attempts the above**

Wait a minute, it tells me I can't post links.
It's a conspiracy, I tells ya!

[ToryMagoo]

I'm lost............sorry.

Thanks for all your comments. I can't figure out whether I'm supposed to reply to each comment, or go to the end of the trail (which is SUPER long). Fill me in, please.

Secondly, thanks for the cookies, and goat's milk. I've patted the goat, :D
And Mr. Skinny---hail. :eek:

Meantime..............I have to hit the hay, so hopefully I'll get back to you all manna. Happy trials :)

Tory/Magoo

[amb]

I'm lost............sorry.

Thanks for all your comments. I can't figure out whether I'm supposed to reply to each comment, or go to the end of the trail (which is SUPER long). Fill me in, please.

Secondly, thanks for the cookies, and goat's milk. I've patted the goat, :D
And Mr. Skinny---hail. :eek:

Meantime..............I have to hit the hay, so hopefully I'll get back to you all manna. Happy trials :)

Tory/Magoo

Lost hey? I keep warning people about eating Grayman's oatmeal cookies as no one has been able to discover his recipe. Only Apollo knows what he puts in them. Have a Minty, that'll fix you.

[Just_Me]

hi i am just me or if you really feel the need to know i am linda from dublin ireland . just one thing to warn you about i have cronic dyslexia my spelling can be really bad . feel free to ask for a translation i won;t be offended but please don;t insult me about it i have heard them all before :D

i have come here to learn more about critical thinking from what i have read so far i donl;t think i will be dissapointed . thaks you for letting me in .

[OWW]

Hello again and thanks for the welcomes

[7forever]

Ah, a disinformation agent.

You'd better back off, before I link up a YouTube vid on you.
I don't know which vid but definitely one with "100% proof!!!11!" in the title.

That'll learn you.


**Attempts the above**

Wait a minute, it tells me I can't post links.
It's a conspiracy, I tells ya!

911 ain't my cup of tea. I like simple stuff for dummies, like jfk and vince foster.:D

[druids brew]

good day one and all...i am druid and disillusioned......

[COLONEL]

Welcome everyone, Have a glass of fresh Goats milk , a warm fresh Graymans oat meal cookie and one of AMB's Minties . Well it's time for me to go BBQ some Hamsters for lunch

[dontask]

I've been a "lurker" for several years here & decided it was time to register.
I may in time post in threads but hesitate since so many posts end up in
the other so called conspiracy theorists sites. Which 99% can't even get their own quotes straight.

[arthwollipot]

hi i am just me or if you really feel the need to know i am linda from dublin ireland . just one thing to warn you about i have cronic dyslexia my spelling can be really bad . feel free to ask for a translation i won;t be offended but please don;t insult me about it i have heard them all before :D

i have come here to learn more about critical thinking from what i have read so far i donl;t think i will be dissapointed . thaks you for letting me in .Hi Linda. No-one's going to make fun of your spelling. Well, no-one that really matters. And if they do, feel free to make fun of their shoes. They deserve it.

[Manopolus]

Wow, you guys are great.... no one even welcomed ME when I posted here.:mad:

[arthwollipot]

I'm sorry, did you say something? :D

[Femke]

Wow, you guys are great.... no one even welcomed ME when I posted here.:mad:

Sorry, where are my manners. :welcome2.
You just happened to walk in when the regulars were discussing conspiracies and weren't paying attention to anything else. It's nothing personal. I think.

Please sit down, have a glass of goats milk and some cookies, I'd offer you a Mintie if I could reach the bowl amb put away from me.
Enjoy!

[COLONEL]

Wow, you guys are great.... no one even welcomed ME when I posted here.:mad:
Welcome Manopolus. So your the one that has been sleeping in the hall ways , I will send the goat out to meet you ,just pat it on the head and it will lead you to your room.I will send you a couple of boiled Hamsters for your lunch or do you prefer BBQ ?

[UhearME]

Wat up, you can call me Chu, or w.e, but the reason Im on here is because I have paranormal gifts and I need the 1 million and your help.

Message me ya?

[Manopolus]

Welcome Manopolus. So your the one that has been sleeping in the hall ways , I will send the goat out to meet you ,just pat it on the head and it will lead you to your room.I will send you a couple of boiled Hamsters for your lunch or do you prefer BBQ ?

mmmmm... hampsters. Definately BBQ!

[grayman]

Wow, you guys are great.... no one even welcomed ME when I posted here.:mad:

Ahhh...c'mere and have a cookie. :stone028: Wanna hug? It's okay...really...no...c'mere...hold still...ooof......stop struggling, you'll only make it worse...hold st...where's the duct tape?

[quadraginta]

Welcome Manopolus. So your the one that has been sleeping in the hall ways , I will send the goat out to meet you ,just pat it on the head and it will lead you to your room.I will send you a couple of boiled Hamsters for your lunch or do you prefer BBQ ?

mmmmm... hampsters. Definately BBQ!


It's not always a good idea to trust a goat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_goat), or where it might be leading you.

Just sayin'.

[arthwollipot]

By the way, has anyone seen the goat? I sent her on an errand, oh, ages ago. And I haven't seen her since.

If you see her, give her a shove my way would you? I'm starting to get worried.

[jjkoletar]

I joined after watching lots of Captain Disillusion.

[Manopolus]

It's not always a good idea to trust a goat (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judas_goat), or where it might be leading you.

Just sayin'.

Ahh... THAT kind of goat... nice one.

[arthwollipot]

I joined after watching lots of Captain Disillusion.Then you probably saw me in the latest set. I was the one swinging the sledgehammer.

[quadraginta]

By the way, has anyone seen the goat? I sent her on an errand, oh, ages ago. And I haven't seen her since.

If you see her, give her a shove my way would you? I'm starting to get worried.


Was that right after the recipe got posted for "grilled chevon medallion with hamster garnish"?


What?

Don't look at me like that. I had chicken and giblets.

Honest!

[grayman]

My goat, Spot, is one of these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fainting_goat).

[amb]

hi i am just me or if you really feel the need to know i am linda from dublin ireland . just one thing to warn you about i have cronic dyslexia my spelling can be really bad . feel free to ask for a translation i won;t be offended but please don;t insult me about it i have heard them all before :D

i have come here to learn more about critical thinking from what i have read so far i donl;t think i will be dissapointed . thaks you for letting me in .

A great big hug and welcome to the forum with the most behaved members of any forum. They have to behave otherwise no goat or hamsters for a month.
Dyslexia is no barrier to becoming a valued member of this forum.
I suggest you take a tour of the critical sub forums and community as well.
Hope your stay is a pleasant one. :)

[grayman]

Two dyslexics walk into a bra...

[amb]

I stand corrected. The forum with the most behaved members except one. :);)

[Just_Me]

grayman has actually done something i thought was inpossible . he has told a dyslexic joke i haven;t heard before ( well to be fair i have heard variations !) i stopped being sensitive about my typing problems years ago .

thanks amb i have been having look round and contributing here and there . so far i have caught all my spelling errors and been able to edit them out . thats not normal for me !

[COLONEL]

My goat, Spot, is one of these (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fainting_goat).You still have that goat ? I can't wait to come out and scare it. :):D:)

[LibraryLady]

Okay, no one has mentioned the most important point to welcoming new members.

Have you all returned your library books?

:book:

[Nozzledog]

Hello, I am very new to posting in forums, so I ask forgiveness in advance for any mistakes I make. I got into JREF after hearing about TAM. I will be going for the first time this July. Hope to meet many of you there. The TAM tips are awsome.

Darrell
p.s. I let my daughter borrow the library books, so I don't get the late charges.

[Femke]

Hi Nozzledog,

:welcome2
Don't worry, as amb pointed out, you are among friends. We don't mock honest mistakes here. If you feel insecure about how things are run, don't hesitate to ask, there are always regulars about to show you the ropes.

Have some goats milk and some cookies, and how do you like your hamster?
Oh, and what LibraryLady said.

[amb]

grayman has actually done something i thought was inpossible . he has told a dyslexic joke i haven;t heard before ( well to be fair i have heard variations !) i stopped being sensitive about my typing problems years ago .

thanks amb i have been having look round and contributing here and there . so far i have caught all my spelling errors and been able to edit them out . thats not normal for me !

May I give you some advice? Download the Google toolbar. It has a spell. checker incorporated in it. :)

And please head what LibraryLady says. It's imperative that all overdue library books are returned pronto.

[quadraginta]

May I give you some advice? Download the Google toolbar. It has a spell. checker incorporated in it. :)

<snip>

If Just_Me is using Firefox no extra toolbar is needed. It has spell checking already.

No punctuation checking, though. :(

[amb]

I also use Firefox and have both. The spel, check on Firefox only underlines misprinted words. Google t/bar corrects them most of the time by giving you a choice of words.. :)

[quadraginta]

I also use Firefox and have both. The spel, check on Firefox only underlines misprinted words. Google t/bar corrects them most of the time by giving you a choice of words.. :)


You should be getting the same thing in Firefox by right-clicking the underlined word. If you're not then you may not have a dictionary loaded. Firefox usually installs with a dictionary by default, but that may be U.S.-centric. I say this because I had a similar conversation with an on-line Kiwi friend who subsequently discovered that his Firefox installation had not included one, and after we figured that out he had to decide between the Oz English and Brit English version since they didn't have one for Kiwis.

(I still haven't quite figured out why the Brit dictionary is bigger than the Aussie one.)

I don't care for the extra clutter of a Google bar, but that's just me. I have installed a dictionary.com plug-in which adds the option of opening a new tab into their entry for any word I highlight. That's become kind of handy.

[Nozzledog]

IE 8 has spell check and auto-correct, but you have to remember to turn it on.

[ladyjustice]

Hi all,
I've been drawn to this site by a friend who was taken by the Sylvia Browne/Chris Dufresne duo. It was too bad that my friend didn't speak with me first... I would have steered her clear. I went to Junior High and High School with Chris Dufresne! I knew both of them pretty well and I still have a few contacts with individuals that know Chris personally. I'm looking forward to filling in a few blanks although Sylvia's "spirit guide Francine" seems to be pretty accurate and obviously close or was very close to Sylvia/Chris.
ladyjustice (and yes... I'm a lawyer... but retired;)).

[COLONEL]

Hi all,
I've been drawn to this site by a friend who was taken by the Sylvia Browne/Chris Dufresne .
ladyjustice (and yes... I'm a lawyer... but retired;)).
Welcome know any good lawyer jokes ? I know a Chris Dufresne too but he is staying at the graybar hotel for child molestation at the moment.

Have a glass of fresh Goats milk , a Graymans oat meal cookie and a Mintie . remember to return any over due library books.

[Manopolus]

Okay, no one has mentioned the most important point to welcoming new members.

Have you all returned your library books?

:book:

Geez, didn't know the library lady would be here to give me flack about the Amityville Horror book I was late on... spooky.

and yes, it's back.

[Manopolus]

Seriously, it's in the drop box, go LOOK!!!!

(please don't kill me).

[quadraginta]

Seriously, it's in the drop box, go LOOK!!!!

(please don't kill me).


She doesn't kill.

She has been known to lock transgressors into a reading room full of nothing but Harlequin romance novels, with Barry Manlow and Wayne Newton piped in ...

... turned up to eleven.

On second thought killing may be more merciful.

[amb]

Hi all,
I've been drawn to this site by a friend who was taken by the Sylvia Browne/Chris Dufresne duo. It was too bad that my friend didn't speak with me first... I would have steered her clear. I went to Junior High and High School with Chris Dufresne! I knew both of them pretty well and I still have a few contacts with individuals that know Chris personally. I'm looking forward to filling in a few blanks although Sylvia's "spirit guide Francine" seems to be pretty accurate and obviously close or was very close to Sylvia/Chris.
ladyjustice (and yes... I'm a lawyer... but retired;)).

Welcome mam. We here have a Sylvia Brown hunter who has dedicated practically his life in the pursuit of that fraudster and others of her kind. Unfortunately he had a stroke and is recovering slowly but surely. I speak of Mr Lancaster.

[arthwollipot]

Hello, I am very new to posting in forums, so I ask forgiveness in advance for any mistakes I make. I got into JREF after hearing about TAM. I will be going for the first time this July. Hope to meet many of you there. The TAM tips are awsome.

Darrell
p.s. I let my daughter borrow the library books, so I don't get the late charges.Let me just say that you have the best name ever. Nozzledog. Nozzledog.

Nozzledog Nozzledog Nozzledog Nozzledog Nozzledog Nozzledog!! :D

[T.A.M.]

Thats because it sounds like Mazel tov. Mazel tov Mozel tov Mazel tov.

TAM;)

[Just_Me]

thanks for your advice amb but the problem is at the moment my hard drive is full to bursting . i have been told by someone who knows a lot more about computers then i do that adding a toolbar increases the chance of slowing my computer down and i have also found this to be so by experiece .(a wjile ago i had the google toolbar with IE 5 i think. and it cuased my computer to run much slower then my computer ran without it , janey i hope i am making sense !) so what i did was i noticed the spell checker here on this site and have downloaded it and it is now working .

[Nozzledog]

Quick question, how do you quote part of a post? I see how to quote the whole thing, but sometimes I would like to respond to just part of the post and the rest just seems repetitive to post.

[Fiona]

There is probably a good answer to that: but what I do is quote the lot and delete the parts I don't want :)

[Nozzledog]

But it doesn't give me the option of editing the quote in the message box?

[Mr.Dank]

Hey all! Long time lurker, first time poster. I'd like to thank you all for your insightful posts and sardonic wit. You have helped me dispatch many a creationist, woo merchant, and conspiritard. I look forward to sharing my lulz with you.

[quadraginta]

But it doesn't give me the option of editing the quote in the message box?


I think what Fiona's trying to say is that she starts with an entire quote, like this ...

There is probably a good answer to that: but what I do is quote the lot and delete the parts I don't want :)

... and then deleletes the extrananeous parts in the message edit box, like this ...

<snip>

what I do is quote the lot and delete the parts I don't want :)

That's what most of us do, I think.

[COLONEL]

Hey all! Long time lurker, first time poster. I'd like to thank you all for your insightful posts and sardonic wit. You have helped me dispatch many a creationist, woo merchant, and conspiritard. I look forward to sharing my lulz with you.
Welcome Mr Dank, that will be ten dollars, $10.00 for the help , we can't do it for free these days . Just make it out to Fiona and she will know what to do with it . Now as has been said to everyone before you Have a Glass of Goats milk , a Gray man cookie , and a MINTIE , Return all over due library books ,pat the goat on the head when you see it.Later on some one will bring you your ration of Hamsters

[Joahua]

Hello, My name is Josh. I have been reading the forum for several months and decided I should stat contributing.:beerflag:

[The Man]

thanks for your advice amb but the problem is at the moment my hard drive is full to bursting . i have been told by someone who knows a lot more about computers then i do that adding a toolbar increases the chance of slowing my computer down and i have also found this to be so by experiece .(a wjile ago i had the google toolbar with IE 5 i think. and it cuased my computer to run much slower then my computer ran without it , janey i hope i am making sense !) so what i did was i noticed the spell checker here on this site and have downloaded it and it is now working .

I generally use my word processor to compose and check my posts, then just paste them. Eliminates the possibility of losing something you have been working on (a complaint I often hear from others). Still I’d recommend cleaning up your hard drive, upgrading to bigger one or just put in some additional storage. An external hard drive is a good idea for files you don’t use that often and also lets you back up your data.

Welcome to all new members.

[Fiona]

Hello, My name is Josh. I have been reading the forum for several months and decided I should stat contributing.:beerflag:

Interesting use of language there: I have never before seen a demand for beer described as a contribution.....

But you will fit right in, nonetheless :) Welcome

[COLONEL]

Hello, My name is Josh. I have been reading the forum for several months and decided I should stat contributing.:beerflag:
Here is your beer and that will cost you $7.50 Goats milk ,cookies and Minties are free ,but not the beer as we get it from Shemp and he sets the price.

[CelticRose]

Here is your beer and that will cost you $7.50 Goats milk ,cookies and Minties are free ,but not the beer as we get it from Shemp and he sets the price.
You get the beer from Shemp? :jaw-dropp Josh, don't drink it!!!

[quadraginta]

You get the beer from Shemp? :jaw-dropp Josh, don't drink it!!!


Why not? Shemp already proved it was safe to drink once.

[SusanB-M1]

I generally use my word processor to compose and check my posts, then just paste them. Eliminates the possibility of losing something you have been working on (a complaint I often hear from others).
I find that using an e-mail blank is quicker, but I suppose it depends what things people have open.

[Staropeace]

Greetings from Alberta,Canada.

[Nozzledog]

That's what most of us do, I think.

Ok, I think I got it now.

[Femke]

Greetings from Alberta,Canada.

tl;dr

No, kidding. Welcome. Or, to be more precise :welcome2
Have a glass of goat milk, some of graymans oatmeal cookies and a Mintie, maybe that will loosen up your tongue. And then, enjoy our little pocket of rationality in the vast spaces of woo.

[Staropeace]

They kick me out of woo woo sites,lol.
I shall take a raincheck on the goat's milk and sip on my diet cola,instead. Thanks for the cookie,though.

Have I reached a sanctuary where I am free of orbs??????:rolleyes:

[Femke]

They kick me out of woo woo sites,lol.
I shall take a raincheck on the goat's milk and sip on my diet cola,instead. Thanks for the cookie,though.

Have I reached a sanctuary where I am free of orbs??????:rolleyes:

Yeah, I think you could call this an orb-free zone, if you like.
They kick you out? You must be a real bad, closed-minded, cynical, materialistic, atheist skeptik then. Double welcome you.

O, by the way, I forgot to offer you a barbecued hamster. They are lean meat, so they won't affect any diets, I'm sure.

[Staropeace]

I would be a fool to turn down barbecued hamster,thanks.

Looks over shoulder...sees no PETRA folks with torches and pitchfolks, then politely chows down*

I guess the woo woo crowd didnt really take kindly to having their mental status questioned on a regular basis.

[grayman]

Whereas some of us have our mental status questioned often. And like it. :stone028: Want an oatmeal cookie? Follow me...



Over here's where I saw the leprechaun, he tells me to burn things.

[Staropeace]

Sure....oatmeal cookie....bag of candy....all the same to me.

As long as we dont feed the orbs.

[Foolmewunz]

They kick me out of woo woo sites,lol.
I shall take a raincheck on the goat's milk and sip on my diet cola,instead. Thanks for the cookie,though.

Have I reached a sanctuary where I am free of orbs??????:rolleyes:

Yes, welcome. My spirit guide, Clevon, assures me that we're free of orbs, here.

[arthwollipot]

Joahua, if your user name is a typo, you can send a PM to Darat and ask for it to be changed.

[Staropeace]

Cleverly substiutes the s for the a in Joahua and wonders if this is a skill testing question*

Eats an oatmeal cookie and feels thankful*

[amb]

Sure....oatmeal cookie....bag of candy....all the same to me.

As long as we dont feed the orbs.

Forget these foolish orbs for a second. How do you want your hamster cooked?

[Staropeace]

I am a chef in real life soooooo haul out the flambe cart and add a splash of pernod,please. Next to playing with my food, I enjoy playing with fire.

[quadraginta]

I am a chef in real life soooooo haul out the flambe cart and add a splash of pernod,please. Next to playing with my food, I enjoy playing with fire.


Do you know any good recipes for goat?

ETA: ...with hamster?

[Staropeace]

Hamsters are small...cook em sorta like tiger scrimp....bout three minutes or they get stringy.

I am mired ankle deep in goat's cheese recipes....with beets....gawd help and protect us.

I find goat way too gamey and ripe.

[Staropeace]

Next week,at the french restaraunt where I work,I am serving totem animals....a la carte.

[jillianbean]

Greetings, fellow humans. I'm Jillian, hailing from North Texas. I'm currently attempting to better myself at the tender age of almost 30 by finally finishing my bachelor's degree in Anthropology and LGBT studies. I'm an Anglophile, and I dig forensic science and other assorted morbid topics. I hope to learn a lot from all you groovy people.

[COLONEL]

Greetings, fellow humans. I'm Jillian, hailing from North Texas. I'm currently attempting to better myself at the tender age of almost 30 by finally finishing my bachelor's degree in Anthropology and LGBT studies. I'm an Anglophile, and I dig forensic science and other assorted morbid topics. I hope to learn a lot from all you groovy people. Are you prejudice ? Unfortunately not everyone here can be classified as Human.


Anyways welcome Have a glass of fresh Goats milk , a Graymans oat meal cookie and a Mintie . remember to return any over due library books.

[grayman]

Greetings, fellow humans. I'm Jillian, hailing from North Texas. I'm currently attempting to better myself at the tender age of almost 30 by finally finishing my bachelor's degree in Anthropology and LGBT studies. I'm an Anglophile, and I dig forensic science and other assorted morbid topics. I hope to learn a lot from all you groovy people.

I started college at age 34. Good luck. :)

[Foolmewunz]

Are you prejudice ? Unfortunately not everyone here can be classified as Human.

And I'm pretty sure only a small handful of us were ever classified as groovy, but then again, maybe JillianBean was addressing that to us. If so, then Welcome, Jillian. We hardly have any morbid posters (nor Texans) at all on the forums.

[COLONEL]

I started college at age 34. Good luck. :) yes but wasn't that so they could study you ?

[jillianbean]

And I'm pretty sure only a small handful of us were ever classified as groovy, but then again, maybe JillianBean was addressing that to us. If so, then Welcome, Jillian. We hardly have any morbid posters (nor Texans) at all on the forums.


The lack of Texans doesn't surprise me, which is unfortunate. This must be a truly groovy place if non-humans are among the inhabitants.

[Foolmewunz]

The lack of Texans doesn't surprise me, which is unfortunate. This must be a truly groovy place if non-humans are among the inhabitants.

I was joshin' you Jillianbean. Texans and Aussies (alas, both breeds suffering from a tad too much sun) are everywhere. You can't swing a dead cat in here without knocking over at least four Aussies and five Texans.

[sdt23107]

[QUOTE=jillianbean;5600782]The lack of Texans doesn't surprise me, which is unfortunate. [QUOTE]

From one Texan to another welcome.

[quadraginta]

I was joshin' you Jillianbean. Texans and Aussies (alas, both breeds suffering from a tad too much sun) are everywhere. You can't swing a dead cat in here without knocking over at least four Aussies and five Texans.


And all of the rest of us remain puzzled by this fascination they seem to have for dead cats, anyway.

[amb]

Do you know any good recipes for goat?

ETA: ...with hamster?

All you need to do is ask and you shall receive...........

http://www.fornobravo.com/forum/f25/wood-fired-goat-capretto-al-forno-2873.html

[zerospeaks]

You guys! you guys! you guys!
-pant- pant- pant- huff huff huff.

I just found out! paximperium ran away with the GOAT!!!!!!

Oh, and welcome new members!! :D

[amb]

You guys! you guys! you guys!
-pant- pant- pant- huff huff huff.

I just found out! paximperium ran away with the GOAT!!!!!!

Oh, and welcome new members!! :D

What!!! Was it my recipe that set him off? :p

[COLONEL]

You guys! you guys! you guys!
-pant- pant- pant- huff huff huff.

I just found out! paximperium ran away with the GOAT!!!!!!

Oh, and welcome new members!! :D
the goat has not gone anywhere I just finished milking it and It said no milk for AMB for a week, for posting a goat recipe

[Staropeace]

Looks like he got your goat

[Prometheus]

The last place I saw the goat was hanging around NYC...

[daws59]

so what does this have to do with the welcome forum ? How many Irish /Native americans here ?
just me, as far as I know...half cheetwood Cherokee other half Irish.

[arthwollipot]

There appears to be more than one goat.

This is a conundrum indeed.

[CelticRose]

There appears to be more than one goat.

This is a conundrum indeed.
Oh, dear. We're already overrun with hamsters. Are we to hear the pitter-patter of little hooves soon?

[Prometheus]

There appears to be more than one goat.

This is a conundrum indeed.

Well, there is that whole 'be fruitful and multiply' thing...

[amb]

So it seems we have a goat problem as well as a hamster problem?

[Foolmewunz]

The last place I saw the goat was hanging around NYC...

Crap! She loves the Columbia Law Library (USC 46 - it's quite tasty, she says). I hope the coyotes didn't get her!

[COLONEL]

Oh, dear. We're already overrun with hamsters. Are we to hear the pitter-patter of little hooves soon?
Not sure, although I have caught Shemp hanging around the Goats pen .

[AdMan]

Greetings.

I am not a Texan (though I did go to school there--hook 'em horns!), or a goat. Been a JR/JREF fan for a long time and figured it was time I joined. Looking forward to making new skeptical (and non-skeptical, if there are any around here) friends. :)

Please don't get mad at me because I work in an advertising-related field.

[amb]

Greetings.

I am not a Texan (though I did go to school there--hook 'em horns!), or a goat. Been a JR/JREF fan for a long time and figured it was time I joined. Looking forward to making new skeptical (and non-skeptical, if there are any around here) friends. :)

Please don't get mad at me because I work in an advertising-related field.

Welcome AdMan. We could use a good advertiser. As you can see we are overrun with hamsters, and need to sell some, apart from the lot we offer all newbies. Now, how would you like yours cooked?

[COLONEL]

Welcome Adman and what AMB said.

[AdMan]

Thank you AMB and Colonel. I appreciate the warm welcome. Happy to advertise the hamsters.

Medium rare for me please.

[Staropeace]

THe skillet is sizzling.

[Schrodinger's Cat]

Hi everyone!
My name is Shana, I'm 28, and, like new member Jilian, I have a background in anthropology, it's what I got my BA in, and I've done some work in anthropology, mostly volunteer and most abroad, but some in the U.S.; but right now I work as a financial counselor at the non profit Dana Farber Cancer Institute. I am also working on a master's degree in both anthropology and biology. I am married to a soldier in the US Army who is an Iraqi vet. My (academic) interests are primarily anthropology (with a focus on medical and physical anthropology), evolutionary biology, and history (particularly the history of science, medicine, and theology).
I just came upon this wonderful website recently, though I have been visiting other skeptic blogs for some time. This is the first one I actually signed up for.

[COLONEL]

Wecome Schrodinger's Cat (http://forums.randi.org/member.php?u=38285) , you and my wife have something in common, being the wife of a Soldier, remember the wife is always one rank above her husband. How do you like your Hamster cooked? Now Have a glass of Goats milk and a Oatmeal cookie you may also have a Mintie, oh and return any and all over due library books.

[Janie Megova]

Hello--not sure if I'm doing this right, but here goes. Since I'm an agnostic and I think that means I'm a skeptic about the big stuff, I'm also a little skeptical about the Truth of this little question: is this really where I introduce myself? I haven't had a good on-line discussion since my book-discussion group folded some time ago.

So bottom line, my on-line discussion skills may be rusty. Anyway, here goes. I was very attracted initially to the debate here on Rosemary Altea (I think that's a pretty old one, though). My dad's an atheist, a scientist well-respected and highly published in his field (biochemistry). I always thought his views made more sense than anyone's except my mom's, who loved the "mystery" and wasn't really atheistic in the literal sense, I guess. I have always very close to her.

A few years ago I started losing my mom to dementia (she's now in an Alzheimer's Care facility) and found myself really reaching for something "out there" as in, some sort of evidence that mom's wonderful, creative, loving "soul" and energy might prevail indefinitely somehow. Somewhere.

Years ago, we'd read Altea's first book together along with an interview with her in a highly respected literary journal. (My mom's love of books, art and plays were a huge influence on me; I'm an English teacher who loves her job) Anyway, Altea seemed sincere, somehow "for real" I guess, to us both in some subtle (but not quite literal)way I'd never experienced, especially with one of my parents.

. More recently, when I knew I was really losing Mom, I went onto Altea's website and found it just . . .disappointingly but perhaps not surprisingly, superficial and not for me. I knew it was all wishful thinking on my part, really. This is I'm sure not a unique story.
Anyway, I love the art of rhetoric and debate, and I appreciate the fact that this site exists. To be truly honest though, I think my misguided quest for something "spiritual" in the form of psychics, some heaven-like place my loved ones might sort of "be" after death and whatnot is now re-directed toward honest, thinking people who want to exchange ideas about the Mystery. Whether it's a purely scientific one or otherwise. Oh, and I'm not interested in the million dollars. Although I wouldn't turn it down if someone just thought I could use it and had it to give away. It's nice to be here. I think. Uh-oh, just realized this isn't exactly a quick reply. . .still learning!!!

--Janie

[Schrodinger's Cat]

Hi Colonel!
Well, being a vegetarian, that would have to be a tofu hamster (tofamster?), which I would take sauteed with bamboo shoots and pea pods.

[grayman]

Well, being a vegetarian...

Vegetarian (n.) From an ancient word meaning "poor hunter". :stone028:

[amb]

THe skillet is sizzling.

I hope you only use Extra Virgin olive oil. We like to treat all our newbies to nothing but the best. Besides, hamster grilled in anything other than above just don't taste as nice.

[amb]

Hello--not sure if I'm doing this right, but here goes. Since I'm an agnostic and I think that means I'm a skeptic about the big stuff, I'm also a little skeptical about the Truth of this little question: is this really where I introduce myself? I haven't had a good on-line discussion since my book-discussion group folded some time ago.

So bottom line, my on-line discussion skills may be rusty. Anyway, here goes. I was very attracted initially to the debate here on Rosemary Altea (I think that's a pretty old one, though). My dad's an atheist, a scientist well-respected and highly published in his field (biochemistry). I always thought his views made more sense than anyone's except my mom's, who loved the "mystery" and wasn't really atheistic in the literal sense, I guess. I have always very close to her.

A few years ago I started losing my mom to dementia (she's now in an Alzheimer's Care facility) and found myself really reaching for something "out there" as in, some sort of evidence that mom's wonderful, creative, loving "soul" and energy might prevail indefinitely somehow. Somewhere.

Years ago, we'd read Altea's first book together along with an interview with her in a highly respected literary journal. (My mom's love of books, art and plays were a huge influence on me; I'm an English teacher who loves her job) Anyway, Altea seemed sincere, somehow "for real" I guess, to us both in some subtle (but not quite literal)way I'd never experienced, especially with one of my parents.

. More recently, when I knew I was really losing Mom, I went onto Altea's website and found it just . . .disappointingly but perhaps not surprisingly, superficial and not for me. I knew it was all wishful thinking on my part, really. This is I'm sure not a unique story.
Anyway, I love the art of rhetoric and debate, and I appreciate the fact that this site exists. To be truly honest though, I think my misguided quest for something "spiritual" in the form of psychics, some heaven-like place my loved ones might sort of "be" after death and whatnot is now re-directed toward honest, thinking people who want to exchange ideas about the Mystery. Whether it's a purely scientific one or otherwise. Oh, and I'm not interested in the million dollars. Although I wouldn't turn it down if someone just thought I could use it and had it to give away. It's nice to be here. I think. Uh-oh, just realized this isn't exactly a quick reply. . .still learning!!!

--Janie

Very pleased to have on board, welcome. Now, you of all people must realize the importance of returning any overdue library books as soon as possible.
Now that's out of the way. How do you want your hamster cooked? Please don't ignore the goat should you run into it, and have a handful of Minties as an after dinner dessert.
We have on this forum someone who has dedicated a good part of his life in exposing psychics such as Sylivia Brown- Mr R. Lancaster. You may run across him here. :p

[amb]

I forgot to mention. Mr Lancaster has a website called.................stop Sylvia Brown.

[grayman]

I forgot to mention. Mr Lancaster has a website called.................stop Sylvia Brown.
Actually, it's now called www.stopsylvia.com

Someone took over his other domain name while he was recuperating from his stroke.

[Schrodinger's Cat]

Grayman,
Yeah, my husband loves that one as well (he grew up on a cattle ranch).

I like this one from Jim Gaffagan, who said that he tried to become a vegetarian but quickly realized that animals are "fun to pet but better to chew"

[COLONEL]

Grayman,
Yeah, my husband loves that one as well (he grew up on a cattle ranch).

I like this one from Jim Gaffagan, who said that he tried to become a vegetarian but quickly realized that animals are "fun to pet but better to chew"
Well the Grayman told me P.E.T.A stood for People Eating Tasty Animals :D

[Staropeace]

The menu also offers goat....or Lamb of God....but that is awfully gamey.

[amb]

The menu also offers goat....or Lamb of God....but that is awfully gamey.

Goat roasted in a wood fired oven is to die for. As for lamb, whether it's lamb of gawd or not, the chops are better grilled on a coal fired barbecue. :p :drool::drool::drool:

[carmenjonze]

Hi all - JREF newbie, but old-school anti-crank, anti-conspiracy-theoricism, anti-ripoff-artist here. Looking forward to reading and posting.

[COLONEL]

The menu also offers goat....or Lamb of God....but that is awfully gamey.
We do not talk about Goats on the menue ,as it upsets our resident goat .Sheep and lamb are ok but if you saw the video I saw (caught on night vision camera ),of a person in Iraq with his sheep you would think twice about eating mutton. Shortly after he met his fate from one of our snipers :D

[Femke]

Hi all - JREF newbie, but old-school anti-crank, anti-conspiracy-theoricism, anti-ripoff-artist here. Looking forward to reading and posting.

Hi Carmenjonze
:welcome2

Please make yourself at home, take off your outdoor garments, have a seat but don't trip over the hamsters, it makes them unpalatable.
Have some goats milk while you can (this talk about goat recipes might make it impossible to find it for some time), have some cookies and of course one or two of amb's famous Minties.
And then, off you go and go all anti on all the woo you can find.

Femke

[zealanddonk]

As the name implies, I'm from New Zealand.

Been a very long time Lurker for sure, and it was the deck of cards telepathy challenge that finally spurred me to sign up.

Thanks to Randi and everyone who helps out with the forums and sites, it really is appreciated.

[BaaBaa]

Heyhey, I'm BaabBaa...I'm a gemini and I like long walks on the beach!

I need to confess something here: I joined ATS before I joined the JREF forum. Like a lot of people, I got into the conspiracy thing as a result of reading the Illuminatus trilogy and always found the more rococo ones amusing. But I also enjoy the cartoons produced by the Fleischer brothers: it's on that level, you know? In any case, I realized fairly quickly that my first post would be more than likely my last one: no matter the topic, it most likely would have been , "are you for real? For really [expletive deleted] real?"

But what made me really join was reading all 40+ pages of the FotL thread. I think that should be made a JREF initiatory rite...

So, yeah....hi!

[amb]

See you around shee....er.......BaaBaa. :D

[COLONEL]

Well come BAA BAA Have a glass of Goats milk and a Oatmeal cookie you may also take 1 Mintie, from the bowl and return anyl over due library books.

[BaaBaa]

Can I trade my library amnesty for video rental charges? I GOTTA take back that copy of 'Sunset Boulevard"!

[HannibalGroup]

Hi all - JREF newbie, but old-school anti-crank, anti-conspiracy-theoricism, anti-ripoff-artist here. Looking forward to reading and posting.

Welcome CarmenJonze!

[COLONEL]

Can I trade my library amnesty for video rental charges? I GOTTA take back that copy of 'Sunset Boulevard"!
You will have to take that up with the Library Lady when ever she shows up

[Daylightstar]

Hi there, new member speaking. Have been reading this place for quite a while now. I have seen some hilarious shows here, and learned a lot. Excellent site!
Via the jref I ended up posting at the stop VFF site. What's my main peeve I hear you ask? Homeopathy and all things quackery.
No quackery comes without lies.

Also, I find psi-believers fascinating. Astrology? Such a naive belief.

Oh, consider myself a skeptic, in case you were wondering. And not the Skeptiko kind, mind you.

[Foolmewunz]

Can I trade my library amnesty for video rental charges? I GOTTA take back that copy of 'Sunset Boulevard"!

Hey, welcome BaaBaa. At least you've got good taste in overdue movies! Everyone should own a copy of Sunset Boulevard - it's perfect for putting on when you're unexpectedly alone on a holiday, I find.

[Sunsneezer]

Ever since that wonderful class I took in college called "science and paranormal phenomena" I've been a fan of James Randi.
As a graphic artist I'm a bit of a magician myself and I think I have a keen eye for visual trickery, although I'm no Captain Disillusion.
I joined this forum to become a better skeptic and contribute to the cause of reason!

[arthwollipot]

Ever since that wonderful class I took in college called "science and paranormal phenomena" I've been a fan of James Randi.
As a graphic artist I'm a bit of a magician myself and I think I have a keen eye for visual trickery, although I'm no Captain Disillusion.
I joined this forum to become a better skeptic and contribute to the cause of reason!Welcome from another sun sneezer. Achoo!

[amb]

Hi there, new member speaking. Have been reading this place for quite a while now. I have seen some hilarious shows here, and learned a lot. Excellent site!
Via the jref I ended up posting at the stop VFF site. What's my main peeve I hear you ask? Homeopathy and all things quackery.
No quackery comes without lies.

Also, I find psi-believers fascinating. Astrology? Such a naive belief.

Oh, consider myself a skeptic, in case you were wondering. And not the Skeptiko kind, mind you.

Welcome aboard. Hope your stay is a happy one. Now, getting back to the nitty gritty, how do you want your hamster done? Not the Skeptico kind? Whatever that means, if anything is beyond your five senses, it more than likely doesn't exist. :p

[COLONEL]

Boy we are getting a lot of newb's lately .Word must be getting out about the Goats milk and the BBQ Hamsters and how good the Grayman cookies are.

[Roadtoad]

Boy we are getting a lot of newb's lately .Word must be getting out about the Goats milk and the BBQ Hamsters and how good the Grayman cookies are.

Yes, but no one is bowing three times towards the Kenworth plant in Kent, WA.

The shame of it all.

[Daylightstar]

Thanks for the welcome, I'm sure I'll enjoy it. Don't confuse Skeptiko with Skeptico ;)
I'll quickly make my way towards the Goats milk and BBQ hamsters, if I can find them.

[Staropeace]

Welcome....we have a stellar thingy going on....stars and suns.

[arthwollipot]

...and goats.

What?

[Staropeace]

Okay and goats.......cripes.

[COLONEL]

Boy we are getting a lot of newb's lately .Word must be getting out about the Goats milk and the BBQ Hamsters and how good the Grayman cookies are.

Yes, but no one is bowing three times towards the Kenworth plant in Kent, WA.

The shame of it all. OK I promise to tell the New Blood to Bow three times toward Kent Wa. In my welcoming speech ,If I should remember it .But you have to start hitting everyone over the head that mentions cooking my Goat .With out My Goat there would be no milk for anyone and no sex for Shemp ( I caught him in the barn with it ) and I have to admit the Goat seems content when Shemp is around.


And to all you NewB's don't be afraid to ask for seconds on the Hamsters we have plenty to go around. :D

[amb]

That explains why I don't see him around the forum too much. The goat and Shemp have a thing going?

[Her Dark Star]

.... So I'd better join in :)
Been reading the forum and related articles for months so thought it was about time I signed up and jumped into the fray. Atheist pretty much since I was old enough to think about it, try to be open-minded but I always end up back the same point lol. Live in the UK, worked in all kind of weird and wonderful jobs so should hopefully be able to provide a few anecdotes, my critical thinking terminology and science knowledge is a little rusty so be nice to me, pleeease:boxedin:
Good to meet you all.

[amb]

.... So I'd better join in :)
Been reading the forum and related articles for months so thought it was about time I signed up and jumped into the fray. Atheist pretty much since I was old enough to think about it, try to be open-minded but I always end up back the same point lol. Live in the UK, worked in all kind of weird and wonderful jobs so should hopefully be able to provide a few anecdotes, my critical thinking terminology and science knowledge is a little rusty so be nice to me, pleeease:boxedin:
Good to meet you all.

Welcome to the forum. How would you like your hamster done? There are some oatmeal cookies baked freshly by the Grayman and Minties, not forgetting a fresh glass of Shemps goat milk. Maybe take it easy with the milk until we find Shemp first.
Librarylady gets a little annoyed if you have any overdue library books laying around, so please return them asap. That's about it I think. Again, a warm welcome and dig in to the threads that you find interesting or community. :)

[Her Dark Star]

Thanks, I prefer my hamster well done with a nice lime & coriander coating, oatmeal cookies are always nice but can't drink milk anyway. However I'll still keep an eye out for Shemp. Or I can probably do you a clone. Have got some library books but they aren't overdue yet :)

[Roadtoad]

Thanks, I prefer my hamster well done with a nice lime & coriander coating, oatmeal cookies are always nice but can't drink milk anyway. However I'll still keep an eye out for Shemp. Or I can probably do you a clone. Have got some library books but they aren't overdue yet :)

Don't forget, you must bow three times towards Kent, WA.

Chant the mantra, please: "KENWORTHWORLDSFINEST..."

[COLONEL]

Thanks, However I'll still keep an eye out for Shemp. Or I can probably do you a clone. :)
:jaw-dropp No, No, No, Plese no cloning of Shemp, that would not be good, trust me when I say we do not need another Shemp running around. You just may have violated a rule . Saying you would clone Shemp could be taken as a threat.

[arthwollipot]

...my critical thinking terminology and science knowledge is a little rusty so be nice to me, pleeease:boxedin:
Good to meet you all.The JREF Forum is WD40 for the brain.

[Her Dark Star]

The JREF Forum is WD40 for the brain.

Sounds like a start but I think a hammer and chisel may be needed to free up these cogs!
And sorry if cloning Shemp is a bad thing, have a cookie.

[arthwollipot]

Sounds like a start but I think a hammer and chisel may be needed to free up these cogs!
And sorry if cloning Shemp is a bad thing, have a cookie.Cloning Shemp may lead to the downfall of humankind. I mean it this time.

[Her Dark Star]

Cloning Shemp may lead to the downfall of humankind. I mean it this time.

Um, isn't that an incentive to clone Shemp?
On the other hand by proclaiming an end of the world scenario based upon the actions of the individual, and then stating 'this time' indicating that you've claimed this before but been wrong, then I think that I'll classify you as a false prophet. Or a Politician.

So here I go, I've managed to extract a sufficient DNA example after spending a few hours tracking Shemp. I'll just be in my lab for a few minutes.......

[Her Dark Star]

.....what?
Um, argh that's not supposed to happen........
<hiss, bubble, bubble>
Maybe if I change the frequency of oscillating the moral imperator.......

[Her Dark Star]

...........no that's not right, what about?, hmmmm.....

<bubble, bubble, hiss>

Um....uh oh

<gloop>

ah. Um, Arthwollipot?
I may have to correct my assessment of you, I'm sorry.

<low rumbling followed by breaking of glass>

No! Run, everyone run, it's free!
Run you Fools!

<Her Dark Star vanishes into the distance>

[Staropeace]

sighs*

It is a smart thing to do.............you said.
It will be quite safe.........you said.:eek:

[COLONEL]

Colonel calls in missle strike on Her Dark Stars Lab, clone of Shemp and lab completely destroyed. Forum saved for the moment

[Staropeace]

Alas,we live to see another day.

Takes off tinfoil hat and reverently tucks it into her big purse*

[arthwollipot]

Nobody ever listens.

[COLONEL]

Nobody ever listens.
What ? Did you say something ? Hold on while I put my hearing aids back in and also put my glasses on to see with :D:D

[Her Dark Star]

Thanks for the save Colonel!
<ponders his error for a while>
Hmmm I think I know what I did wrong, maybe.....Nope. maybe this mystery had better be left alone.
<looks at the rubble and sighs>

Colonel, did you notice that my lab was underneath the house filled with civilians?

[COLONEL]

Thanks for the save Colonel!
<ponders his error for a while>
Hmmm I think I know what I did wrong, maybe.....Nope. maybe this mystery had better be left alone.
<looks at the rubble and sighs>

Colonel, did you notice that my lab was underneath the house filled with civilians?
Yup, But I am old school ,I believe all is fair in war .unfortunately sometimes civilians get killed. It could have been worse I could have taken out the whole block, but I wanted to show that I could make a precision strike. Besides ,my intel told me at the time of the strike no civilians were at home, but there were some dead Hamsters in the rubble. :)

[postymcposterton]

Hi, I'm new here (mainly due to TAM 8 planning).

I gre up fundie, went to a christian college (Cedarville), which subsequently turned me away from god. I was agnostic since mid-college experience, and I'd consider myself a full-fledged atheist since 2004 or so...

~Dan

[Femke]

Hi, I'm new here (mainly due to TAM 8 planning).

I gre up fundie, went to a christian college (Cedarville), which subsequently turned me away from god. I was agnostic since mid-college experience, and I'd consider myself a full-fledged atheist since 2004 or so...

~Dan

Hi postymcposterton (intriguing name, by the way)

:welcome2. This is the best place to recover from fundieism, as some former theists will acknowledge. As a new atheist, I recommend blowing off steam in any of the Religion threads. There are always veteran prosytelists (sp?) to hone your debunking skills.
But first help yourself to some yummy grilled hamsters, we can't have you go out debating on an empty stomach, can we now?

[p2theAtrick]

Howdy folks,

My name is Patrick.
I was born and raised in South Carolina, lived in Paris, France for 3 years and currently reside in Abilene, Texas with my fiancee and our two cats.
I was raised baptist/christian but left that when I went to college and have been skeptical of religions and many other things most of my life.
I would like to work on my critical thinking skills while here and hope to engage many of you in some enlightening discussions.

Patrick

[amb]

Howdy folks,

My name is Patrick.
I was born and raised in South Carolina, lived in Paris, France for 3 years and currently reside in Abilene, Texas with my fiancee and our two cats.
I was raised baptist/christian but left that when I went to college and have been skeptical of religions and many other things most of my life.
I would like to work on my critical thinking skills while here and hope to engage many of you in some enlightening discussions.

Patrick

Welcome Patrick. Head for the index. By the way. How do you want your hamster, grilled or roasted?

[embie]

Hello thar!

The name's Michaela (username "embie" = my initials "MB". Super creative, no?) and I'm a resident of Australialand.

I'm fairly new to the skeptic/critical thinking "movement", though I reckon I've been a critical thinker most of my life - which might just be one of the reasons I didn't really fit in at my very christian school. I played around with new-agey metaphysics stuff for a while with some friends over the last couple of years, but it never really made all that much sense to me.

I only really defined my position as an atheist and skeptic over the last couple of months (always knew it, never put it into words so to speak). Pretty much all my friends have a bad case of the woo, so it's been a rather isolated journey thus far.

Basically I'm here to learn, to sharpen my own critical thinking (and debate) skills, and to hopefully make a few friends in the process.

I'm also working on getting myself to TAM this year (both of them, Vegas and Australia!), it'll be a bit of a leap with airfares and all but I'm determined ;)

[COLONEL]

Hello thar!

;) You kind of remind me of Marty Allen saying hello like that .OK here is the short version. Have some milk and cookies, take one mintie when you see the Goat pat it on the head ,return all over due library books ,face toward Kent and bow to the Kenworth plant. last of all, How do you want your hamster cooked ?OH Yeah ,Welcome to the forum

[supergreen]

Hey,
I went to the index first before coming here, and got my ass kicked in crop circles (sheesh I find them interesting I didnt say I believe in aliens). Ive always liked Randi
and consider myself a very skeptical person but I also enjoy debating skeptics who seem too smug and self assured.:)
How do I reply to a post with the persons comment in that box at the top?
Thanks and see you around JREF

[Hokulele]

How do I reply to a post with the persons comment in that box at the top?


In the lower right corner of every post there is a button labeled "Quote". Click that, and you will be directed to a Reply to Thread screen with the post in question at the top of the reply box.

[supergreen]

In the lower right corner of every post there is a button labeled "Quote". Click that, and you will be directed to a Reply to Thread screen with the post in question at the top of the reply box.

Much thanks for the quick response Hokulele:)

[Foolmewunz]

Hello thar!

The name's Michaela (username "embie" = my initials "MB". Super creative, no?) and I'm a resident of Australialand.

I'm fairly new to the skeptic/critical thinking "movement", though I reckon I've been a critical thinker most of my life - which might just be one of the reasons I didn't really fit in at my very christian school. I played around with new-agey metaphysics stuff for a while with some friends over the last couple of years, but it never really made all that much sense to me.

I only really defined my position as an atheist and skeptic over the last couple of months (always knew it, never put it into words so to speak). Pretty much all my friends have a bad case of the woo, so it's been a rather isolated journey thus far.

Basically I'm here to learn, to sharpen my own critical thinking (and debate) skills, and to hopefully make a few friends in the process.

I'm also working on getting myself to TAM this year (both of them, Vegas and Australia!), it'll be a bit of a leap with airfares and all but I'm determined ;)

Welcome, Embie (unless you sign everything "Michaela" we'll soon forget that's your name, well, except for the sex-starved nerdish sycophants who've already noted same and sent out PMs and emails... "Hey, new skepchick. I call dibs!" No! Really! We are that pathetic.)

Yet another poster from Australiaville? I think withiin short we'll have the entire population of the continent on board, here. It sure seems that you can't move from one thread to another without tripping over one of you. (And don't let anyone know about the overwhelming and massive corruption of the Queensland police force. We're pretending you guys are all civilised and stuff, and cops just slightly shadier than those in Bangkok aren't helping the image, lemme tell ya!)

[embie]

Hee, thanks for the welcome!

Welcome, Embie (unless you sign everything "Michaela" we'll soon forget that's your name, well, except for the sex-starved nerdish sycophants who've already noted same and sent out PMs and emails... "Hey, new skepchick. I call dibs!" No! Really! We are that pathetic.)

Lol, no worries on that, I am quite single after all ;) And I do dig the nerdy types, being a total nerd myself (*braces for a wave of "PICK ME PICK ME OH DEAR GOD PICK ME!" messages*)

Yet another poster from Australiaville? I think withiin short we'll have the entire population of the continent on board, here. It sure seems that you can't move from one thread to another without tripping over one of you. So there's hope for us yet! Always nice to know there's a few sane Aussies out there. Okay, maybe "sane" is pushing it a bit. But still, good to know. :D

[COLONEL]

OK who hid the coffee pot ? It's another Monday morning and I need at least three cups to start the day . I bet one of the newbes took it, thinking it was for holding the goats milk

[Wudang]

So there's hope for us yet! Always nice to know there's a few sane Aussies out there. Okay, maybe "sane" is pushing it a bit. But still, good to know. :D

I think they'd know "sane" if they saw it, probably.

[readme.txt]

Oh I forgot to come here to say hello! (I registered last week)

So here it is :

Hello all!

Profile:
My name is Nicolas. I'm a French-Canadian (from Quebec). I'm currently 21 and I'm still in University (studying maths at the "Université de Sherbrooke").

Interests:
I love talking about science (physics and maths are my favorite ones). I also love video games and board games a lot. I don't read much, but when I read, it must be sci-fi (e.g. Asimov, Star Wars, etc.) OR anticipation books or whatever you call them (e.g. 1984, Brave New World, etc.). I love any kind of music, especially prog rock, jazz, fusion jazz, experimental and classic.

Beliefs:
I'm a skeptical atheist (for 3 years now), but I never argue religion unless someone is cocky or annoying about his beliefs. As for other subjects, I love to argue. Note : I was raised catholic.

I try to be neutral to most of the debated subjects, but I love to argue against both sides, using the arguments of the opposite position. I don't know if there's a word for that kind of method, but it helps me a lot making my own opinion and learning more about the subject.

Randi:
I first heard about Randi when I was watching some Dawkins' video on Youtube and on the right panel (similar videos), I randomly clicked on "James Randi on James Hydrick" (or whatever the name is) and I was amazed by this video, so I decided to watch every single video about Randi investigating supernatural claims. Then I watched every other video he was in. Then, after a year, I decided to join his forums and here I am.

[COLONEL]

I think they'd know "sane" if they saw it, probably.Are you sure? I thought it was a requirement to be insane to post here :rolleyes:

[Her Dark Star]

Welcome and welcome again to the new folks, hope you have fun here.
However you like your hamster please note we have a surplus of blasted hamster in the rubble of my lab so help yourself!

[jillianbean]

Welcome, postymcposterton. Love the name, btw. You brought the requisite cookies for everyone, right?

[Foolmewunz]

http://forums.randi.org/imagehosting/thum_110854666253fa7355.jpg (http://forums.randi.org/vbimghost.php?do=displayimg&imgid=6207)

I just thought some of you newbs ought to see what a well prepared skeptic/sceptic looks like. This is Ol' Paint, the snorkeling skeptic of ponytude, and he's getting tired of the goat stealing all the carrots, so is demanding equal time.

(Truth be known - I just haven't posted this weird pic in a while and wanted to share it with the new squirrels for the stewpot.)

[Mr. Skinny]

Welcome to all the new folks!

It's been a while since I visited this thread, and while I see a lot of talk about goats, and cookies, and library books, I see very little SkinnyGod praising.

Let's just say I'm disappointed in y'all. :mad:


I try to be neutral to most of the debated subjects, but I love to argue against both sides, using the arguments of the opposite position. I don't know if there's a word for that kind of method, but it helps me a lot making my own opinion and learning more about the subject.


nburo, I think this might be refered to as "playing the Devil's advocate".

[Mr. Skinny]

Hi, I'm new here (mainly due to TAM 8 planning).

I gre up fundie, went to a christian college (Cedarville), which subsequently turned me away from god. I was agnostic since mid-college experience, and I'd consider myself a full-fledged atheist since 2004 or so...

~Dan
Welcome to the forum.

Do you mean Cedarville college in SW Ohio?

[arthwollipot]

The name's Michaela (username "embie" = my initials "MB". Super creative, no?) and I'm a resident of Australialand. Heya! How're you doing? Whereabouts are you from? Hope you're not another Sandgroper. If you're anywhere near Canberra, we're getting PZ Myers to our next Skeptics in the Pub... :)

[Foolmewunz]

Uh, Arth.... even those of us not allowed into the sooper sekret Aussie clubhouse can read her location.