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Vulcans.... they come across as self-righteous racists under the guise of having achieved a sense of personal superiority through logic.

One thing I really loved about TOS was the melodrama inherent in the knowledge that these guys were pioneers. In TNG and later, I don't get this feeling; it's more of an attitude of familiarity.

Of course, William Shatner had a lot to do with that melodrama.

I'd probably do what Checkov did (non-canon) and ram my vessel into the nearest Klingon ship.

I think Sourceforge has a multitude of stopwatches, timers, and schedulers that you can download. Linux is fraught with this sort of stuff, but you can probably get a few for Windows, if that's what you have.

If your sound is off, there is probably a little icon in the lower right corner of your screen that looks like a speaker (with a line through if if the sound is off). If you click on this, you can turn the sound back on - or increase the volume. Otherwise, you can go to "control panel" and click on "sounds and multimedia." You may just not have any sounds associated with any events.

If you're looking at the monkeys at the zoo, and one of them throws an unidentified object at you, you shouldn't eat it.

You should never tell "Yo' Mama" jokes to a sibling or a parent.

You should never eat a piece of meat with maggots on it; brush the maggots off first.

You should never, EVER use any of the following letters in a conversation with a woman who's in a bad mood: 'P', 'M', or 'S' - no matter what she says or does.

No matter how good you are at catching things in your mouth, you should try to avoid catching the following in your mouth: stray bullets, razor blades, bowling balls, cats, urine, wild animals, Dom DeLuise, and various cannisters of nerve agents. Popcorn and peanuts are fine.

You really shouldn't brag about being able to pee the letters of your name in snow or on a wall, unless your name is Riki Tiki Tembo No Sa Rembo Teri Beri Ruchi Pip Peri Pembo.

When camping, never use poison ivy for toilet paper.

Don't try to give a cat a bath in the toilet.

Never ask a pregnant woman, "Got Milk?"

Don't wear a dress to the Friday night poker game with the guys.

Never shave your eyeballs.

Never see a movie with any of the following words in the title: 'Booty' or 'Call'

Don't change your name on your passport to "Osama Bin Laden."

Never serve ham sandwiches at a Bar Mitzvah.

In high school, I was only called a nerd a few times, and usually by the "pot-heads." Mostly, I was very quiet and reserved, but - oddly enough - very popular. My classmates viewed me as sort of a "class counselor" type - someone they could talk to about pretty much anything, and get a few words of appropriate wisdom. It was VERY odd to have cheerleaders call me up at night becuase they wanted to talk to someone when they broke up with their boyfriends. (I had to really resist the urge to say, "Hey! If you need a new boyfriend, I'm available.") I vividly remember an English class assignment in which we had to write a description of any person. Ninety percent of the class wrote about me.... very moving.

In college, I ditched the grandfather figure, and became a prankster. Living on a floor full of guys all at the peak or tail end of puberty will do that. In graduate school, I was viewed as a jock, but also sort of the "head-of-the-class," and I helped a lot of people with homework.

the bad: I'm itchy

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The ugly: What's causing that itch!

The Xindi

 

It takes out everything in it's path

 

The Hirogen

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An all terrain safari vehicle with a built-in gun rack.

How about an easy one:

The El-Aurian (not to be confused with its cousin, the El Camino.)

I've gotten in the habit of eating two lunches per day! I just finished my first. I had a turkey sandwich with fat-free cheese, a pear, a quart of water, and a cup of coffee. I've got another sandwich and an apple for the second.

I really enjoy cycling and judo. There aren't too many surprises there, however. Japan leads the overal medal count in Judo, and Bettini took the gold in the men's road race. Ullrich seems tired.

Actually, I'm not sure we would want to get rid of the mites in our eyes. While I'm not a biologist, I do know that the typical human has many, many

of these things living in our lashes (100,000?) in a symbiotic relationship.

We provide food for them in the form of dead epithelial tissue, and they clean out the dead eithelial tissue. Humans have adapted to these creatures, and vice versa. It's just like being bathed in the radiation that pours over and through us every day. We can think of it as a bad thing, but humans continue to exist and improve - perhaps not in spite of it but becuase of it.

Of course, not washing can have bad effects as well, but the normal amount of mites living on and in us is pretty harmless, and maybe helpful.

National Geographic magazine just published a fascinating article on the exact same thing sometime in the past six months or so.

Russian or Cantonese. I already know Japanese and French pretty well, and a bit of Portuguese. I'd like to learn Russian to experience the samantic paradigm shift to another root, and Cantonese because it would be nice to speak to ~20% of the world's population in their native language.

Diets don't work. There several reasons for this. A primary reason for this is the fact diets require the dieter to observe behavior patterns that are either unhealthy or very difficult to keep on what is assumed to be a temporary basis. When the diet is over, the dieter has not developed any good long term habits to maintain not just a healthy weight but also a healthy body composition. The dieter then resumes his or her old lifestyle. The obvious result is that weight is gained back with a higher fat content.

I'd bet that any physician worth his salt will agree that the best way to lose weight is a lifestyle change for the better, and not short-term "solutions." Or course, this takes time. One doesn't get fat overnight; one shouldn't expect to get thin overnight either.

This is just a theory, but while the Borg knew "everything" about the Starfleet captains, Captain Picard - and possibly Data - knew "everything"

about the Borg (the former having been assimilated and Data having "interfaced" with the Borg. In this sense, Picard would have anticipated this attempt, and taken measures to prevent it. Likewise, the Borg would have had similar insights into Picard's thought process.

Just a theory.

I know they do things differently in Europe, but.... is that a beer sitting in front of your daughter? That looks like a whole pint!

I've played it a few times, and I really stink. They need to make a special characer just for me dressed in a tie-dyed outfit with a target on it.

I don't watch any TV. I don't even own one. I'll probably get around to buying one one of these days.......

I assume we can also go to any place in that time? (I.e., It would be great to go to the American Revolution, but not where I'm living now - it was just wilderness back then.)

I'd probably like to see the American Revolution. Those guys had passion!

Forgive my ignorance. PSD? Pulse Shape Discrimination?

Geeze nik, your almost a skin-head That's ok, I won't hold it against ya.

Indeed! One can see my scalp! However, my hair is really thick and wavy and gets really hot in the summer. I actually like the look of it. I've got a pretty thick, muscular neck and jaw, and the short hair accentuates it. Makes me look tough!

I found this on the Guinness World Records site

 

Longest Hair

On November 21, 1997, Hoo Sateow's lengthy locks were unraveled and officially measured at a hair-raising 5.15 m (16 ft 11 in) long.His are the longest locks in the world, but Hoo only beats his brother Yee by a whisker - Yee's tremendous tresses are 16-ft long.

Aided by local villagers, the siblings wash their hair once a month with detergent and water. Hoo cut short the title for Mata Jagdamba of Ujjain, India - her hair measured 4.23 m (13 ft 10.5 in).

Hoo began nurturing his magnificent mane in 1929, when he was 18 years old. Earlier the same year he'd cut his hair and fallen sick, so vowed never to chop off his locks ever again. The medicine man, who usually wears his hair weaved into a beehive under a hat, is no stranger to attention. Over 200 people a year trek through the mountains to be healed by Hoo's special powers and potions.

 

Now that's a lot of hair. 

Wow! I guess he doesn't have to buy clothes.

I really don't care how long a person's hair is; it's never bugged me. I have lady friends that are bald and guy friends with pony tails - not something to go to the mattresses over.

For the record, my hair is cropped to a very utilitarian 1/8".

They're the distillery that Scotty uses to make engine room hooch.

And why do guys never look at your face when you are talking with them?? Their eyes are all over the place. If you know what I mean. :o   

Interesting statement. It reminds me of a habit I have. I have the habit of tilting my head downward when listening to someone speak, because - like many people - I tilt my head in a certain preferred direction when thinking intently (many people look upward when thinking; some look to the side). The unfortunate problem is that women would think I was obviously and unashamedly staring directly at their.......... "tracts of land". (This being a family-friendly site, I've resorted to a Monty Python euphemism.) After a few slaps, I finally figured it out. I still tilt my head, but now I close me eyes.

Hopefully, nobody will think they're putting me to sleep.

Ooh, I just hate allergies.  I used to get them quite badly, but don't at all anymore.  I don't like using medication.  My secret is that...

 

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I moved to another country and they all disappeared since the things I'm allergic to are not here.

 

 

 

That probably doesn't help you, but changing your environment can help a lot.  Good luck.

Didn't you move to Japan from North America? I moved to Japan from North America a few years ago, and my allergies were HORRIBLE. The sakura season was the worst. I hate those infernal flowers!