The First Rule of Surviving BRB: Cardio
by Vega on Aug 26, 2011 8:06 PM CDT
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PrintOne would think that lawyers aren't allowed to drink while working, but today while on my lunch break, I received an email from Tim asking if I'd like to join his merry band. My first reaction was that of shock, but then I realized he meant the writers here at BRB. This led to my second reaction, which was that Tim must have started his tailgating a day early.
So before he sobers up and has his "what the heck did I do last night" moment, allow myself to introduce... myself.
Who am I?
You're only one click away from finding out, so despite what your mother may have told you, come jump with me.
Those who remember that mystical land that etime forgot -- where Will Demps and Travis Johnson frolicked in the pastures behind Reliant Stadium -- may remember me. I once inhabited that corner of the blogosphere as MDC's towel boy (BFD had already claimed massage therapist).
In the real world, I live in Melbourne, Florida. This means two things: that I'm the only Texans fan for miles, and that BRB has yet another writer who doesn't live in Houston. Personally, I think Tim has a secret plan to slowly spread his sphere of influence across the country and ultimately... the world.
I did at one point, however, spend a few years of my childhood in Houston where I became a fan of the Astros, Oilers and Rockets. Though I have bounced all over the country in the years since, I have always maintained my loyalty (though oddly, when the Oilers decided to do the same thing, I flipped them the fanatical finger and moved on).
I briefly rooted for the Bucs and Dolphins -- I went to high school in Miami and went to many, many Dolphin games during the Marino years -- but when the Texans came along, my fandom had found a home again. It's like living in a world filled exclusively with Natty Light and PBR and then stumbling across a Dogfishhead 120 Minute IPA.
"So what," asks you, the loyal reader, "does this have to do with me?"
Well, it means that you will now be occasionally subjected to the random ramblings of a man with the attention span of an... ooh, butterfly!
As an engineer, my views on football tend to have a statistical and analytical slant. Still, football brings out emotions I never knew I had, so you'll get to experience the best of both worlds. Or worst. Probably the worst.
My other interests include beer (I'm an aspiring homebrewer -- all grain, no extract), food (I'm not the smoker MDC is, but I'm developing a decent arsenal of Mexican and Asian recipes), music (mostly modern progressive rock and classic hair bands, though I also play guitar and saxomophone), and I've recently developed an odd fascination with the real history of pirates.
And though I'm too old for football these days, I still play soccer on a regular basis and am a passionate fan of FC Barcelona.
Some of that may work its way into my writing, and some may not. Only time will tell.
So whether the current turn of events fills you with feelings of ensagement or faggination, I will do my best to make it... um... interesting.
And may Tim never realize what he's done.
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thanks man
It’s good to be back.
by Vega on Aug 26, 2011 8:37 PM CDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Well crap
Based on past events, this pretty much foreshadows that BRB will commit suicide within months.
If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?
No
We’ll wait until Vega is on vacation again.
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by bigfatdrunk on Aug 26, 2011 11:44 PM CDT up reply actions 2 recs
THIS^
That was hilarious.
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
by Jordann on Aug 27, 2011 1:00 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
It took me months to figure out what happened.
I went through five computers
by Vega on Aug 27, 2011 6:53 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I briefly rooted for the Bucs and Dolphins
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I admire your loyalty, sticking with the Houston teams you bonded with as a young lad
I had an earlier start and longer stint than you spending my first 12 years in the Houston area, and I could not give up on the Oilers when asshole Bud moved them to Tennessee. I was in the New Orleans area when they relocated, and continued to follow them as I had the Oilers until the announcement that Houston had been awarded an expansion franchise. I’m probably in the minority there, but I simply could not bring myself to sever my lifelong fascination with the Oilers.
It took the Astros 44 years to get to the Series, the Oilers-Texans are OVERDUE to get to the playoffs, much less the big big dance...Go Texans!!!!!
by oiler-texan diehard on Aug 26, 2011 9:18 PM CDT up reply actions
Pretty much the same for me
Except I also followed Oakland as well
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by The Night Owl on Aug 26, 2011 9:36 PM CDT up reply actions
I'm in the minority as well
I basically followed the Oilers until all the players that were on the last team in Houston were gone and then jumped ship to the Texans.
Truth be told, I still bleed Oiler blue.
I'm the best there is at what I do.
I was still pretty young when they moved.
10 or 11 years old. I first gravitated to Detroit because I was an enormous Barry Sanders fan and I was somewhat devastated when he retired. After that I was sort of in a football daze (it helped that the Astros were pretty good at this time) but I did latch on to Peyton manning of all people, the first real player I followed out of college (and the reason I can’t hate him or the Colts).
Football returning to Houston was sort of a reawakening for me.
GET A SILK BAG FROM THE GRAVEYARD DUCK TO LIVE LONGER.
Re: Barry Sanders
I remember being a closet Lions fan, even when the Oilers were here, purely because of Barry. Once the Oilers left, I shifted my fandom to Detroit.
Talk about a near miss.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...
You sir, are a true glutton for punishment
If the Treasury Secretary doesn't have to pay taxes, then why do I?
Vikings
The oilers were dead to me for trading Warren moon
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Ha!
I wasn’t the only one!
Just your average, run of the mill hardcore casual Texans fan.
"Have you ever noticed that? We base our assessment of the intelligence of others almost entirely on how closely their thinking matches our own. I’m sure that there are people out there who violently disagree with me on most things, and I’m broad-minded enough to concede that they might possibly not be complete idiots, but I much prefer the company of people who agree with me."
Probably the worst
decision the Oilers ever made next to leaving Houston.
I'm the best there is at what I do.
Good to have you writing again!
Re: Dark Ages
I grew up a Broncos fan living in SoCal after some whore of an owner ripped the Rams away from us. Remained a Broncos fan through the worst of it and finally two SB’s. My wife was born and raised in Houston and loves football, and the Oilers. She joined me in pulling for the Broncos during the non-football years of Houston and loathes Satan and his BE-SFs. When Bob announced the Texans, we both jumped in full hearted with our new team. The Broncos still hold a place in my heart as a distant second team, although it doesn’t much resemble what it once was.
"ensagement or faggination?"
the world could always use more “statistical and analytical” IMO. I’ll look forward to seeing more of your stuff!
/guessing
Ensagement = “An unnatural affection for Houston Texans backup quaterbacks prior to the Rosencopter incident”
Faggination = “Petey’s country”
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Faggination was my favorite
It’s a word to describe the feeling when you are really glad that something finally happened, but also pissed that it took so long. i.e. the removal of Petey Faggins from the starting lineup.
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by MDC on Aug 27, 2011 9:50 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
...or the hiring of a competent Defensive Coordinator
…or the acquisition of a planetoid NT
"Oh Socrates... Where would we be without you serving as midwife to the birth of our reason?"
- tehGrindCrusher
or finding the dead body you buried in the backyard..
What? You thought no one would find it?
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
/glances nervously over shoulder
Shhhhhhh!
The damn cat had it coming!
He wouldn’t stay out of my food bowl!!!
Walking around my humans with his back all arched up, purring and shit…
HOW MUCH IS A HOUND SUPPOSED TO TAKE???
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by DilloTex on Aug 27, 2011 11:46 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
Welcome aboard
and don’t forget to always stretch and double-tap.
It's Our Time.... or something...
by bennprince on Aug 26, 2011 8:33 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 2 recs
I'm glad I wasn't the only one that thought of this.
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Without Questions, There are limited Resources...
Great Having You Aboard, Vega
The happiest guy on the planet? UprootedTexan. He’s no longer on BFD sponge duty.
Looking forward to a day when being a Texans fan doesn't mean that April is the highlight of my season...
Thank. God.
The sponges were this close to going on strike.
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by UprootedTexan on Aug 26, 2011 8:56 PM CDT up reply actions
Another guy on the BRB board.
Looking forward to reading your work. I remember you had a really good fisking a while back.
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Bring back Aaron Brooks! He's the only one who can save us from the evil that is Drew Brees!!
All hail!
Ensagement and faggination. Wow. I hadn’t thought of those words in years, though turd-eating pederast still lingers.
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by bigfatdrunk on Aug 26, 2011 8:55 PM CDT reply actions 2 recs
Ah, the TEP
I wonder what he’s up to these days. Wikipedia tells me that he’s a free agent. Go figure.
turd eating pederast is what finally made go all in with the dark side
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by papabear on Aug 26, 2011 10:48 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Welcome to the insanity, Vega.
And thank you for taking over BFD’s sponge bathing duties! If he asks you to scrub lower, don’t do it! It’s a trap!
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I am a visionary, I am a genius, and now I am angry! Now where are those pants at?!
Football is war by other means. - Carl von Clausewitz...sorta.
and, don't take any pills he tries to give you....
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
and, don't believe him when he says, "What happens with Vega, stays with Vega."
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
by Rip Jersey on Aug 27, 2011 6:32 AM CDT up reply actions 4 recs
or, "What happens in Vega, stays in Vega..'
/needs shower
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by DilloTex on Aug 27, 2011 11:19 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
If you need a shower
How do you think I feel?
by Vega on Aug 27, 2011 2:13 PM CDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Yes,
I like drinking IPAs on my lunch break, I look forward to future posts.
Barcelona?
Glory hunter.
Seriously, though. This is good news as I understand MCM just picked up Balrog. Remember, handsome fighters never lose a battle!
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by tehGrindCrusher on Aug 26, 2011 10:11 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 3 recs
Does this mean that BCC will hire Sagat in the near future?
What about Fei Long?
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by UprootedTexan on Aug 27, 2011 2:14 AM CDT up reply actions
What about Fei Long?
I’m pretty sure that is the first time anyone has ever asked that question.
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by riversmccown on Aug 27, 2011 2:27 AM CDT up reply actions 1 recs
I would've pegged the Titans blog to sign Chun Li
They love flashy characters that can’t throw.
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by riversmccown on Aug 27, 2011 2:32 AM CDT up reply actions 3 recs
Nice one.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Aug 27, 2011 2:37 AM CDT up reply actions
BTW, metafact:
In Japan, the boxer is M. Bison (changed for obvious reasons), the final boss is named Vega, and the dude with the claw is Balrog.
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by riversmccown on Aug 27, 2011 2:34 AM CDT up reply actions
troof
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
I think the mere fact that I'm a Texans fan
Should prove that I’m no bandwagonner. I’ve been a Barca fan my whole life. I have family there.
For further proof, I’m also a fan of the Florida Panthers and Northwestern Wildcats. I just got lucky on one.
by Vega on Aug 27, 2011 6:40 AM CDT via iPhone app up reply actions
It's ok to like Barca
they play so pretty.
I cast about looking for an EPL team for some time. Not Man U – too obvious. Not Liverpool, I don’t have a high level of scouser in me. Chelsea? Man City? Oligarchs who buy superteams? I liked Tottenham Hotspur for the name alone, but then Bill Simmons adopted them.
Then I coached my son’s team (4-5 yr olds) and all the teams had names assigned to them. Lions, Bears, Tigers, Stars, etc. Ours was the last to form. For some reason it was named Arsenal. It was a sign. Now I can be just as frustrated with my brilliant, flawed, wheel-spinning EPL team as I am with my brilliant, flawed, wheel-spinning Houston teams.
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I went through a bit of a pirate phase as well.
Did you read Defoe’s “A General History of the Pyrates”? The lofty tome ‘as been sittin’ on me desk for years. Good poopin’ lit’rature, mayhaps?
it's on my list
But I’ve not yet picked up a copy.
I have read, however, conflicting reports that it may not have been written by Defoe.
The mystery of cap’n Johnson continues.
by Vega on Aug 27, 2011 7:58 AM CDT via iPhone app up reply actions
I didn't need to read anymore after this:
“I once inhabited that corner of the blogosphere as MDC’s towel boy (BFD had already claimed massage therapist).”
Welcome.
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
Technically
It was more like “fluffer.”
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by bigfatdrunk on Aug 26, 2011 10:25 PM CDT up reply actions
Right.......
"Hakeem couldn't kick your ass cuz you were too
close kissin his!"- Sir Charles to Kenny Smith.
by bone31crusher on Aug 26, 2011 11:11 PM CDT up reply actions
Also, Vega's return makes me wonder...
Think socctty or Will the Thrill are available?
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socctty is on the twitters
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by papabear on Aug 26, 2011 10:49 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
I know
I was just hoping to troll him out into the open.
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by bigfatdrunk on Aug 26, 2011 10:53 PM CDT up reply actions
vega?
Crap, I thought we got rid of him.
Joking, welcome to the asylum
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by papabear on Aug 26, 2011 10:51 PM CDT via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Welcome back Vega
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Congrats? Vega
Don’t let bfd make you do too much
Mario Williams will have 4 sacks and 1 int by Game 4 of the regular season.
by Barryfromtexas on Aug 26, 2011 11:00 PM CDT reply actions
BARCELONA
They are awesome, Watching them in Reliant really sealed the deal. I currently live in Bronco, Cardinal,Cowboy country. New Mexico, surprisingly there happens to be a lot of Tin Foil Steelers fans here as well. Keep on your A game or the BRB’s will let you have it
Where in NM?
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by tehGrindCrusher on Aug 26, 2011 11:54 PM CDT up reply actions
Used to live just outside of Santa Fe.
New Mexico is a beautiful place.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Aug 27, 2011 9:46 AM CDT up reply actions
I went to college in SF.
Spent summers as a kid around Ute Park.
I’d like to spend my summers in Taos.
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St Johns?
And are you referring to the Ute Park that’s just east of Eagle Nest? I spent a lot of time right in that neighborhood. I love that area,
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by tehGrindCrusher on Aug 27, 2011 11:57 AM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Yes, St Johns
And yes, that’s the area. Just gorgeous, great hiking, swimming in the Cimmaron. Where did you live outside of Santa Fe?
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I lived in Pecos and used to teach at a school up the canyon.
The school doesn’t exist anymore. It was an old ranch that literally straddled the Pecos river. I used to go fly fishing with a buddy during my breaks. It was beautiful.
I also used to work as a backpacking and climbing guide in the area around Ute Park. Amazing place.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Aug 27, 2011 1:17 PM CDT up reply actions
I think I knew someone else who lived on that ranch. (This was long ago though)
The best part of going to visit was stopping at Bobcat Bite on the way there or back. Assuming they were open. You never knew what weird hours they’d have.
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I used to live in Los Alamos...
It was nice except for having to drive an hour each way to do anything other than ski or to have any selection in groceries.
But I’d move back in a heartbeat.
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But you're so lucky now there is Sunday ticket.
Or bars with Sunday ticket.
Imagine the dark ages. Cowboys. Broncos. Or perhaps you’d like some Broncos with your Cowboys? CowBroncs? BroncBoys? And for that third game you’d get? It was always obtuse – the worst possible game with no story, no rivalry, no playoff implications. You know – Seahawks vs Bengals! Saints vs Bills! Raiders vs Falcons! You really had to admire how they picked the very worst game every single week.
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Like lemmings over a cliff
One glory-hunting Barca fan shows up and the rest turn out in droves.
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Battle Red Blog - "Like lemmings over a cliff"
Now THAT is a T-Shirt I’d buy…
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That was the line I used to use
when all my friends started getting married (I was the final lemming).
Now we’re all having kids. More lemmings
Lemminglets
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MAY DURGA HAVE MERCY ON OUR SOULS!!!
Capt. Nately: You're a shameful opportunist! What you don't understand is that it's better to die on your feet than to live on your knees.
Old man in whorehouse: You have it backwards. It's better to live on your feet than to die on your knees. I know.
-Catch 22-
When oilers left...
I was pretty young too… Had been to couple oilers games when I was little but, didn’t watch football other than just the superbowl till about 12 or 13, and by then the oilers were long gone. And oddly enough I rooted for the bucs also, cuz I was friends with warrick dunns brother, and got into texans 3 years ago when I started fantasy football
by Texans D3str0y on Aug 27, 2011 1:14 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Who knew BRB
Had writers that Didn’t suck….
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by AllenOU on Aug 27, 2011 1:15 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
let's not jump to any conclusions yet
by Vega on Aug 27, 2011 8:00 AM CDT via iPhone app up reply actions
Maybe I'm just still clinging to college but..
I like Natty light. Dont hate Vega!
by D-Higs on Aug 27, 2011 2:31 AM CDT via mobile reply actions
Hey, PBR was my brew of choice
when I had no money and no taste. But that doesn’t make it good.
I almost went with a Stone Self Righteous Ale for the good one. That’s a great brew.
We always went with Beast
Or, to mix things up, Beast Light.
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by tehGrindCrusher on Aug 27, 2011 12:00 PM CDT via mobile up reply actions
Meister Brau anyone?
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Awesome.
I must rule with eye and claw — as the hawk among lesser birds.
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by peytonsurdaddy on Aug 27, 2011 3:38 PM CDT up reply actions
Somehow all I could think of the entire time was this...
Welcome back. I look forward to reading your articles.
"Slammed that hoe on the counter like I just got 35 on the domino table!!"
Sherrod Harris
Welcome aboard.
One of your duties n00b writer is to occasionally throw a case of beer and a bag of pork rinds down the basement stairs to us Colts fans.
kthnxbai
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by peytonsurdaddy on Aug 27, 2011 12:00 PM CDT reply actions
...or a competent starting QB for week one
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Did you watch the game last night?
Painter actually looked good.
He was 11/21, 171 yds., 2 TDs, 0 INTS, 111.4 QBR. All in just over one half against Green Bay’s starting defense, who are no slouches. Not that bad in my opinion. We were up 14 to 10 going into halftime against the defending champs. I was happy with what I saw.
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by peytonsurdaddy on Aug 27, 2011 12:35 PM CDT up reply actions
So, Painter gets your endorsement for game 1, I take it.
Over Orlovsky and Vodka, of course, if P8on can’t go.
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
I am still waiting for them to get the Glitter Kitties backup
SO they can have their AFC south compliment.
Mario Williams will have 4 sacks and 1 int by Game 4 of the regular season.
by Barryfromtexas on Aug 27, 2011 1:34 PM CDT up reply actions
Catch them all!
I must rule with eye and claw — as the hawk among lesser birds.
-Duke Leto Atreides
by peytonsurdaddy on Aug 27, 2011 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions
The other two options might as well be suicide and castration.
I must rule with eye and claw — as the hawk among lesser birds.
-Duke Leto Atreides
by peytonsurdaddy on Aug 27, 2011 1:42 PM CDT up reply actions
Honestly, Orlovsky is the one that was worrying me...
He has the necessary skills to play… and with my luck, the game against the Texans would have been the one where he managed to play within himself and just execute.
"Oh Socrates... Where would we be without you serving as midwife to the birth of our reason?"
- tehGrindCrusher
That would be my fear
Over a SB, it seems opinion is split over who it should be, if not P8on.
I didn't do anything wrong!.... and, I won't do it again.
I didn't watch... but that is good news for you guys...
I would have thought that Vodka would be the starter based on Painter’s history… It should be interesting.
"Oh Socrates... Where would we be without you serving as midwife to the birth of our reason?"
- tehGrindCrusher
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