And still more Shel Silverstein. His poems are addicting....


The Crocodile's Toothache

The crocodile
Went to the dentist
And sat down in the chair,
And the dentist said, "Now tell me, Sir,
Why does it hurt and where?"
And the crocodile said, "I'll tell you the truth,
I have a terrible ache in my tooth."
And he opened his jaws so wide, so wide,
Then the dentist, he climbed right inside,
And the dentist laughed, "Oh isn't this fun?"
As he pulled the teeth out, one by one,
And the crocodile cried, "You're hurting me so!
Please put down your pliers and let me go,"
But the dentist just laughed with a Ho Ho Ho,
And he said, "I still have twelve to go -
Oops, that's the wrong one, I confess,
But what's one crocodile's tooth more or less?"
Then suddenly, the jaws went SNAP,
And the dentist was gone, right off the map.
And where he went one could only guess...
To North or South or East or West...
He left no forwarding address.
But what's one dentist, more or less?
-- Shel Silverstein

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Took the "Immortality Discussion" to the group and got a very interesting and very logical answer from Oneal. "Immortality" from a Christian standpoint refers to immortality for the soul. Eternal life dwelling in the House of the Lord. He says that since "The Last Crusade" is very much based on the Christian beliefs about the Holy Grail, then that explanation is more likely than "immortality" actually referring to the physical aspect. Yes, the Joneses, having both drank from the Grail, may live longer than the average human would due to the healing powers of the Grail, and they will eventually die like the Knights did, but not their souls. :)

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New Worlds Skywalker Crossovers

• Anakin Skywalker to Saruman: "You will pay for all the Jedi you killed today, Dooku!"
  
• Li'l Ani's favorite Hogwarts pastime: Looking into the Mirror of Erised just to see the tall guy clad in black armor
  and helmet, and wielding a red lightsabre.
  
• Quenya and Sindarin are not included in the six million forms of communication that Threepio is programmed to speak.
  
• That awkward feeling attending a 'deathday party' and facing all the Tusken Raiders he's killed.
  
• "Are you an angel?" doesn't work on witches, shieldmaidens, slayers, and skeptical lady FBI agents.
  
• Dobby the House Elf looks too much like Master Yoda.
  

More here. :)

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Excerpts from GiNnY's Diary

Had quite a talk with I2 last night. She gave me some more advice. She seems to make sense all the time. Darn. So after that long conversation, decided to start to make an effort to go back to the way things were with Anakin and proceed with caution in other respects.

Yes, it hurts, darn it. It hurts all the time. But I think it only hurts so much because I let it. The occasional wounds cannot be avoided, but maybe I should just stop thinking and rethinking and just... live. Man, I am such a fool. But that is the best solution I can think of right now. The other solution is to enforce Silence forever. That is just not possible.

That whole week in the cave taught me several things. One, I miss him. A day of silence, and I miss him. Two, assumption is the mother of all f*ck-ups. Three, no matter how I think I've been hurting too much because of him, I still manage to forgive. Four: long have I avoided admitting that that four letter word applies to my situation. I just realized I was wrong. What the heck is all this if not that? Oh, sheep. Five, Rain said: "do not suppress it or it will blow up in your face". He's right. Six: When everything indeed blows up in your face, run to your friends and hide out for a while under that warm blanket called "friendship". (Thanks I1, I2, Lau, Owl, Rain, and Moriondo). Seven: complete your recuperation by tackling the challenge again.

Mornië utúlië. Believe and you will find your way.

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Still thinking about not living without it.
Outside looking in.
Till we're talking about not stepping around it.
Maybe...

I don't want to take advise from fools.
I'll just figure everything is cool.
Until I hear it from you.
--- "Till I Hear It From You" by Gin Blossoms



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