The most amazing sunset I ever saw was on Treasure Island in San Francisco Bay. I was looking out thru the Golden Gate Bridge and I remember thinking that if I saw that same sunset in a painting I'd swear it was imbellished.
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What was the most amazing natural phenominon you've ever seen?
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About a decade ago, a friend and I drove across Morocco out to the Sahara desert. Standing there on top of the dunes, I was just transfixed watching the wind blow across the sand in waves. It might sound a bit goofy, but it felt like I was watching a sort of negative-image ocean, with the land moving in the same pattern as water would, just much more slowly.
Astral Particulate Behemoth Mote,
Do you find yourself more overwhelmed thinking about the very large (phenomena of the cosmos) or the very small (sub-atomic phenomena) aspects of our existence?
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Am I along in feeling that being able to park your car for free should be a constitutional right? I HATE the idea of paying to park, even in Toledo where it might run me five bucks for an event. I've parked across the river and walked to not have to pay for parking. I stopped going to our FREE museum because they upped the parking from a $1 to $5 until I realized I could park for free in the neighborhood across the street. Eh, you big city types probably don't get it.
What? this isn't the rant thread? Well, fine.
What are you willing to pay to park for a night on the town?
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I suppose it would vary by city and district, and I usually try to park for free above convenience in Halifax. At night, on really cold days or in a downpour, I'll spring for the $4-$8 in a parking lot if there's no cheaper street parking available.
Our hospitals started charging for parking, which I don't think is too good. I can park on one of the streets a few blocks away and walk, but that's difficult for a lot of the older people. It seems to be taking unfair advantage of those who need to be closer to the main entrance. Maybe it's tax deductible, but still...
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I had chicken pox. But all I can remember about it was having spots on my arms and getting to stay home from school for two weeks.
APBM,
What was the strangest dream you have had?
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I'll take it. Once I was trying to quit smoking using Zyban, but it gave me the most violent dreams. I once dreamt that I was visiting my parents, and they told me to look in the back yard at their new dog. I looked out the window, but instead of a dog there was this giant fanged Yeti who... bear with me here... was violently pulsating electricity. It sort of looked like the true Mxyzptlk form from "Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow." Anyway, this thing started to come toward the house and tear at the wood to get inside. I was terrified, but everyone was like, "Aww... look how cute!"
Analyzing Posts By Members,
If you had to formulate a deep symbolic meaning behind Blockade Boy's single period post above mine, what is the most profound explanation you could imagine?
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Gatekeepers of the Patriot Act found something suspicious and censored the post.
APBM,
Same question.
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From: The Stasis Zone | Registered: Jul 2003
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After posting, BB decided that noone would believe he seriously dreamt about a giant fanged Yeti who was violently pulsating electricity and that he would be ostrasized from the board for even suggesting such a thing. Stupid him.
Back on target..
APBM,
What was the strangest dream you have had?
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or you can do the confusion 'til your head falls off
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In Dreamland, it's the dreams that pass for reality which seem the most strange. The ones that always strain plausibility, though, are the ones that are like a movie in which I'm everyone in the thing: The "Final Girl" fleeing the axe-wielding psycho, the psycho, the axe itself (which is sentient and has a POV like all the humans), the good-hearted cop and his dim-witted deputy, etc.
I don't know how it's possible to perceive a single event from a dozen perspectives simultaneously. IRL, I can't even balance my checkbook with the radio news playing in the background, without at least a pot of coffee in me first, but in dreams... No prob.
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I don't know if it's the best costume I ever wore, but I remember borrowing my grandfather's hat, finding a cape from somewhere, and pretending to be the Phantom Stranger. It was at least an original idea for a costume instead of the usual pre-fabricated, store-bought choices.
APBM,
Are you doing anything special for Halloween this year?
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