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Something you took?  :silly:

LOL!  Can't claim this one....but I've used it for inspiration! 
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LOL!  Can't claim this one....but I've used it for inspiration! 

Any further and we get into TMI - too much information! 

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Now you were doing good until you said


Read over the thread. Compared what what is bent said about me directly, I'm being epically well-behaved.
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MusicLady.....this would make a great moniker!   LOL!   

Maybe this is what she drove up in?




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Art Frahm

Apparently this was a staple theme of his artwork: http://www.lileks.com/institute/frahm/
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I love vintage illustrations.  Remember Vargas in Playboy?
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Another Marilyn, perhaps?




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Reality shows are scripted.

They're not given dialogue to read, but predetermined situations where they act as themselves for the cameras.


A clear example of what I said earlier, he's only posting such things in order to draw attention to [himself] or for some other deep emotional need.

My emotional needs aside, I'm quoting a member of the Robertson family when I say that.

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“Scripted reality, right?” said Lauer, introducing the subject. “You guys call it, I think, ‘guided reality’? What does that mean? What’s the guided part?”

The first answer came from Robertson family patriarch Phil Robertson. “Most of the time … we ad-lib,” he said. “Think about it: Someone out of L.A. is fixing to put words into our mouth? Gimme a break.”

“Well, they don’t write the script for you, right?” Lauer asked.

“No,” said Phil, although his brother, Si, revealed a few moments later that the producers do hand the family members some sort of script — an apparent guideline that Si said he ignores anyway.

Added Jase, one of the bearded Robertson sons: “It’s a bit of a culture shock,” he said of the producers’ interactions with this family of fiercely independent Louisianans. “They come up with ideas and we just get to be ourselves in the situation,” he explained.

As I said...

Reality shows are scripted.

They're not given dialogue to read, but predetermined situations where they act as themselves for the cameras.

Ask Jase if you don't believe me.
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Now you're getting into the "swing" of things!!!

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Ask Jase if you don't believe me.

I don't...believe you, that is. Your posts, and the posts of several others, completely lack sincerity and are only added in order to meet some deep psychological need, the exact nature of which may vary from case to case; but all of which show a desperate need for attention.

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Ask Jase if you don't believe me.

I don't...believe you, that is. Your posts, and the posts of several others, completely lack sincerity and are only added in order to meet some deep psychological need, the exact nature of which may vary from case to case; but all of which show a desperate need for attention.




Cincy.....you can edit all you want....some of us still saw what you posted.    :whistle:
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Ask Jase if you don't believe me.

I don't...believe you, that is. Your posts, and the posts of several others, completely lack sincerity and are only added in order to meet some deep psychological need, the exact nature of which may vary from case to case; but all of which show a desperate need for attention.

Your loss Cinci.
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What is the big deal?  The GOP is just emulating our beloved POTUS by voting "present" on this issue. :whistle:

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What is the big deal?  The GOP is just emulating our beloved POTUS by voting "present" on this issue. :whistle:

Eggsactly, Ranger!   :patriot:
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Cincy.....you can edit all you want....some of us still saw what you posted.

Busted. So I guess I should come clean and tell everyone what I did. In the clause "...but all of which show a desperate need for attention." I changed the word "demonstrate' to "show". Oh, the humanity!

I had intended to add another sentence and use "demonstrate" in it, but changed my mind and left the original post stand with the minor change of ONE word.

That's it, but sharp eyed DCP caught me; and now I feel so ashamed. Almost as ashamed as a male poster should feel if he ever posts anything which refers to women as "biatches".


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Cincy.....you can edit all you want....some of us still saw what you posted.    :whistle:

I never pictured you as a misogynist, DC.

Thanks for the revelation..........
Character still matters.  It always matters.

I wear a mask as an exercise in liberty and love for others.  To see it as an infringement of liberty is to entirely miss the point.  Be kind.

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Cincy.....you can edit all you want....some of us still saw what you posted.

Busted. So I guess I should come clean and tell everyone what I did. In the clause "...but all of which show a desperate need for attention." I changed the word "demonstrate' to "show". Oh, the humanity!

I had intended to add another sentence and use "demonstrate" in it, but changed my mind and left the original post stand with the minor change of ONE word.

That's it, but sharp eyed DCP caught me; and now I feel so ashamed. Almost as ashamed as a male poster should feel if he ever posts anything which refers to women as "biatches".

Cincy.....the truth I think is that I had purposely stayed of this thread and only dropped in when I saw another poster(s) start to personally attack and/or demean Luis Gonzales...instead of the post.

Abraxas! posted something perhaps a year or so ago.....paraphrased...."attack the post and not the poster, if you have to attack something".  I try to live by that.

I show respect to everybody...until they disrespect the forum or myself.  They I change my delivery.

I'm not a potted plant.  I can read and follow a conversation.

And more thing.  You are a liar if you claim that you only changed a word in your pre-edited post.

You went out of your way to judge (again...you're good at that it seems) people and accused this "cabal" (your word) and others for posting 'soft porn'....which obviously upsets your sensibilities.

I hope that you and I can remain civil.....but it's going to require BOTH of us to participate in that.   

Be well!   :patriot:
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I never pictured you as a misogynist, DC.

Thanks for the revelation..........

LOL!   Sorry, musiclady.  I respect and love all the women in my life.

It was a joke.

Why not go out and buy a sense of humor?
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