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  1. Dr Doran

    What Are You Reading

    Late Ancient And Medieval Population Control by Josiah Cox Russell. Includes sections on infanticide; I'm trying to figure out whether the Christians truly did not practice it or if they only claimed they didn't practice it. No conclusive answer.
  2. Dr Doran

    What Are You Reading

    Interesting. I have often heard Smith used to bolster a Randian argument. But on another level, good post. I enjoy this sort of thinking person's post. And conversely, it depresses me on the rare occasion when someone writes a post like this only to get a "huuuh?" response.
  3. Dr Doran

    Halloween Costumes

    Halloween (well, our halloween party) is tonight for us. Will keep you-all posted ...
  4. Dr Doran

    Show us your suits

    I was bidding on that too but set my maximum too low. You got that for a nice price -- a song, really.
  5. Dr Doran

    The Dumbest Comment I Ever Heard

    Someone give me a flyswatter full of dead fly parts to hit them with.
  7. Dr Doran

    Passe' words and phrases

    I don't feel like rereading this whole thread now, so this may have been said, but using the word "cross" instead of "angry" has gone out. I had a girlfriend who used it, but she told me that she always incurred startled looks.
  8. Dr Doran

    The Dumbest Comment I Ever Heard

    I took a huge exam two Mondays ago and I always dress up for those events even though I'm alone in a room with a pencil and blank paper for three hours. I had on a vintage 1930s (I think) hat, a Stetson "Head Ease" (Powers, you've seen it -- the brown one), an early 1940s gray nailhead DB, brown...
  9. Dr Doran

    Golden Era Cures for Depression

    There is something brilliant in that.
  10. Dr Doran

    CRACKER (British TV drama) [**slight spoilers]

    Cracker got remade in the US? Wow.
  11. Dr Doran

    Give your patriotism a boost here: Share what makes you feel patriotic

    Carter, dHermann, brilliant points. DHermann, I particularly like the following points you are making which are very much in accord with my thinking: I see everything in a Darwinian sense: the fact is, as you point out, THOSE SOCIETIES WHICH DID NOT DEVELOP NATION-STATES AND A FORM OF...
  13. Dr Doran

    Golden Era Cures for Depression

    Paisley, great story, and we are rooting for your friend.
  14. Dr Doran

    Show us your suits

    Thunder and SteveS: looking good.
  15. Dr Doran

    Give your patriotism a boost here: Share what makes you feel patriotic

    But ... 1.) A love of one's community, and a desire to see it succeed, are pretty basic, though. I believe these desires are largely inborn. 2.) The question is how one's community is defined. 3.) One can argue that it is "arbitrary" (I do get sick of the overuse of that word) that the...
  16. Dr Doran

    New Bond Film - Quantum Of Solace

    Yep. A bit of a sociopath. Not a nice guy. If he becomes more charming as the new movies continue, it would be good to show that charm be a bit of an affectation.
  17. Dr Doran

    New Bond Film - Quantum Of Solace

    Sorry, who is Sean Bean? I know the name and that is all. Carter, thanks for the kudos.
  19. Dr Doran

    CRACKER (British TV drama) [**slight spoilers]

    It is not vintage. It's got many, many stylings directly borrowed from noir. Thus, I thought, interesting for this forum.
  20. Dr Doran

    Golden Era Cures for Depression

    I am sorry about your friend. That is always tough to see your best friend in that situation. As for ECT: One of my brothers did ECT and liked it a lot. He felt relaxed afterward. That is only for severe depression, though. I am not a doctor but it sounds like your friend does not have...
  21. Dr Doran

    CRACKER (British TV drama) [**slight spoilers]

    I have not seen another thread on the British TV show CRACKER although I could have missed it. Has anyone seen this marvelous show? Robbie Somethingorother, an ACTUAL (i.e. he has acted Shakespeare) actor, plays a psychologist who gets a small stipend from the police in an unnamed English...
  22. Dr Doran

    Show us your suits

    I. WAS. JUST. PLAYING. GET. IT.? Sorry if I insulted anyone's religion. IT. WAS. A. JOKE.
  23. Dr Doran

    Give your patriotism a boost here: Share what makes you feel patriotic

    Mojito, Dieter, I like your points very much.

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