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02 November 2005 at 08:23

weight-gain programme pays off

Lee Ann regularly gets 30 or 40 comments on her posts. How does she do it? By social networking. Well I have discovered the lazy way to get masses of comments, even if you're a social retard like me. Here's what you do. Wait till people have finished commenting on one of your posts, then edit the post. You can change all the content, even the title. Then save the post. The old comments stay attached to it. Then people see your "new" post, and add comments to it. You can repeat this as often as you like, until you reach your desired comment count.

I tried this out on the previous post, and it works well. Sadly, all the new comments were obsessed with ownership of huts. When nobody cares about the post-Sandra syndrome that's afflicting our poor island people, it's a sad commentary on our real-estate-obsessed times.



On a happier note, the results of the weight-gain programme are in. Since I began brewing beer in April, my body mass has increased by more than 150 grams! At this rate, I only need to keep drinking for another 17 years, and I'll be up to my fighting weight! Of course, by then the moral fibre will be too weakened to take advantage of all the admiring glances. And then there's the brewer's droop. Everything balances up in the end.

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Weight-gain Programme graduation photo

 Lee Ann said...

Ok Rob....Is that you in the top picture of the tattoo arm and ciggy hanging out of the mouth? Sexy arm (for real...is it yours?) The bottom picture...hmmm, are you in that one? If yes, you must tell me which one you are. ;)  

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 onan the bavarian said...

LA - to be honest, the first photo is how I see myself. I'll let you know when I actually start to look like that. The second photo is how I might look after I complete the programme.  

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 onan the bavarian said...

But you're right, when I wear my pantsaclava, I look similar.  

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 Lee Ann said...

OOOOH! I was trying to pick you out of the lineup in the bottom picture. haha....I had guessed you as the 3rd from the right (5th from the left). He is the one holding his bottle down the furthest!!!!  

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 zomba said...

My Dear Robmcj,

With respect to the post-Sandra syndrome, I completely agree with you.

Look what its done to your weather. The satellite shows images of:

The PPB on Monday and The PPB on Tuesday!

Hope you're pantaclava is up to it.

MM III  

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 Lee Ann said...

What are those "pod-looking" things? Has your weather really turned that cold - that quickly?  

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 onan the bavarian said...

LA and MM - I had posted a frightfully witty genius-comment this morning at work, in reply to yours. But the censor software at work seems to have filtered it out and thrown it away, which seems unnecessarily churlish.

The gist of it was that I would need to be holding a firkin (http://webexhibits.org/butter/i/firkin.jpg), even after the sudden global cooling in these parts. Ha ha! A meteorological brewing joke there.

And I saluted MM's powers of observation. He's just the sort of officer you'd want to have on the bridge in a force 10.

PS - those pod things are the fermentation vessels, the intended target of the recently-foiled terrorist raid. I would tell you more, but I've already said too much. It's still hush-hush, at least till they round up the ringleaders.  

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 zomba said...

My Dear Robmcj,

Further satellite images reveal more damage caused by the recent freak weather conditions.

At this site there are some interesting photographs of Heard Island. Including (middle bottom) this one which is surely a carving of the living deity himself - Hotboy?

Is this what the late Nobis was working on, and did it have anything to do with his untimely demise?

Personally, I don't believe in conspiracy theories.

MM III  

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 Videos by Professor Howdy said...

BAD NEWS:

For in it the righteousness of
God is revealed from faith to
faith; as it is written, "The just
shall live by faith." For the wrath
of God is revealed from heaven
against all ungodliness and
unrighteousness of men, who
suppress the truth in unright -
eousness, because what may
be known of God is manifest
in them, for God has shown
it to them.

For since the creation of the
world His invisible attributes
are clearly seen, being under -
stood by the things that are
made, even His eternal power
and Godhead, so that they are
without excuse, because,
although they knew God,
they did not glorify Him as
God, nor were thankful,
but became futile in their
thoughts, and their foolish
hearts were darkened.

Professing to be wise,
they became fools,
and changed the glory
of the incorruptible
God into an image made
like corruptible man -
and birds and four -
footed animals and
creeping things.

Therefore God
also gave them up
to uncleanness, in
the lusts of their
hearts, to dishonor
their bodies among
themselves, who
exchanged the truth
of God for the lie,
and worshiped and
served the creature
rather than the Creator,
who is blessed forever.
Amen.

For this reason God
gave them up to vile
passions. For even
their women exchanged
the natural use for what
is against nature. Likewise
also the men, leaving the
natural use of the woman,
burned in their lust for one
another, men with men
committing what is shameful,
and receiving in themselves
the penalty of their error which
was due. And even as they
did not like to retain God in
their knowledge, God gave
them over to a debased mind,
to do those things which are
not fitting; being filled with all
unrighteousness, sexual immorality,
wickedness, covetousness,
maliciousness; full of envy,
murder, strife, deceit,
evil-mindedness; they are
whisperers, backbiters,
haters of God, violent,
proud, boasters, inventors
of evil things, disobedient
to parents, undiscerning,
untrustworthy, unloving,
unforgiving, unmerciful;
who, knowing the righteous
judgment of God, that those
who practice such things
are deserving of death,
not only do the same
but also approve of
those who practice them.

We know these laws are
good when they are used
as God intended.

But they were not made
for people who do what
is right. They are for people
who are disobedient and
rebellious, who are ungodly
and sinful, who consider
nothing sacred and defile
what is holy, who murder
their father or mother or
other people.

These laws are for people
who are sexually immoral,
for homosexuals and slave
traders, for liars and oath
breakers, and for those who
do anything else that contradicts
the right teaching

GOOD NEWS:

For the wages of sin is death,
but the gift of God is eternal
life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

***

The United States government
has just released a nation-wide
survey on Americans' private
sexual habits. The NEW YORK
TIMES describes it as disclosing
"surprising numbers for same-sex
activity."

Surprising is the right word, but not
in the way I suspect the NEW YORK
TIMES means.

The study was done by the National
Center for Health Statistics, part of
the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention. Among other statistics,
the study indicates that only about
4 percent of men and women consider
themselves to be homosexual or bisexual.

Indeed, among men ages 18 to 44,
90 percent call themselves heterosexual,
2 percent homosexual, 2 percent bisexual,
and 4 percent something else. Among
women, 86 percent are attracted only
to men, and 10 percent "mostly" to males.

In both cases it is a long way from the 10
percent that the homosexual lobby has
advanced for years. We are told that
homosexual behavior is simply a choice
and that we're bigoted if we do not
believe it to be the norm. But any time
you look at statistics and find less than
10 percent engaging in a particular
activity, it is contrary to the norm.
The norm is what the 90 percent does.

There are profound social consequences
here. If sexual orientation is a choice,
then we're free to choose. But this study
implies that we're wired a certain
way, for heterosexual relationships.

As philosopher J. Budziszewski says,
there are some things we "can't not
know."

One of those things is that we're
biologically made a certain way:
males one way and females another.
That's the way the world works,
and it's the only natural way to
conceive children.

And when you go against the way
the world is made, you're going
against the grain of the universe.
And no amount of propaganda
or clever marketing, which is
what it is, can change the
unalterable facts of the natural
moral order.

It's time we recognize that and
stop being bullied by special interests.

But whether we should have spent
the money this way or not, we do
now have the report. It does show
us something that needs to be
understood in American life.
It has a profound impact on the
political and cultural debates of
our day in ways that I'm sure does
indeed surprise the staff of the
NEW YORK TIMES.  

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 onan the bavarian said...

MM - it is as you say. The carving is of the holy scribe. Let us not blaspheme against him.  

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