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I'm sure he would have made a good dancer. Then the Romans might have invited him to their orgies, and Chrisitans would be hedonist muthafuckas.

What if the world had been the centre of the universe?

I care - especially if my hair is without volume

Classic, Seraph - it makes me laugh again and again. I have to admit to having no respect for religion, and if someone brings it up, I'll challenge. Otherwise, I mainly couldn't be bothered, though there are some exceptions - I get really shitty about the obvious advantages given to religions in our...

I realise this is a total derail by now - please someone split if appropriate. Seth - I know you see the world as being fit for human destruction, so don't even know why I bother. Yet I do wish to make a few points: First: biodiversity in soil is not merely a count of the plant species in the soil. ...

HSeth: I'd like to disclose that I am a enivronmental engineer with a bachelor and masters, currently 3 years into a PhD. My field of expertise is soil chemistry, so I think I know a lot about this. In fact, I am an expertise in soil chemistry and ecology, especially nutrient cycling in the soi-plan...

I find myself agreeing with Seth here. :o The 'organic' business is not based on science...The basic problem with organic agriculture is that it is based on dogma, not science. I think you should clarify this. Perhaps the organic business didn't grow out of science, but there is science to support ...

In Australia, beef and lamb at least are raised on pasture rather than feed-lots. Also, our household only buys free-range chickens and eggs, whichever comes first... This is really dependant on the farm and supplier. In NSW/VIC, Coles (and I assume Woolies is similar) has semi-intensive cattle far...

WRT to infinity: we learnt in maths that infinity isn't so much an entity as a concept - i.e. the concept that there are a never ending number of numbers, because you can always add (or subtract) a one to a number. Negative numbers don't actually exist either (or when did you last have minus 6 kg of...

Tonight Federer vs. Nadal!1!!!!

Elessarina wrote:

Animavore wrote:Love it.

This.

+1

OMGOMGOMG - I saw soo much live, and had such a great time, and now I can say that I have seen Federer (beat Ivo karlovic, which was impressive and nerve-wracking, and wonderful). I also saw Andy Murray beat Edouard Roger-Vasslin in the second round. I hadn't been a great fan of Murray but have chan...

We'll see about that

Just getting day passes to the outside courts, and will take one session at the Rod Laver Arena and one at Hisense - so it'll be pot luck who is playing on the day. I don't really care - I just love tennis, without being a fan of anyone in particular (though I do want a glimpse of Federer. Even thou...

Starts today - hooray. This is the one sporting event of the year I truly love, and this year I'm going. For the first time ever! Hoot

Sorry - only did a fly-by of this thread, so I may be repeating other peoples issues. All the home-school parents I've met have been fundy Xtians who want to protect their kids from the big bad world (i.e. the truth about evilution, which is compulsory in school here). I have for some time now stron...