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Profunda Saint-... from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series February 29, 2012 - 9:18am

It's not actually legal here, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen. I'm originally from Manitoba, but I'm pretty out of the loop on goings-on there now. Can you imagine how expensive it would get around xmas to have 40 wives?

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters February 29, 2012 - 9:19am

We get a lot of tornados, but that doesn't make them any more okay. 

This one got fairly close to use.  I had the kiddo in his bike helmet wrapped up in the bathroom closet.  We are fine.  I am hearing about a few deaths in the area.  And we are apparently still under a warning?  But no one tells me anything. 

Here is the pictures I have found so far:

 

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner February 29, 2012 - 9:28am

I know that would be the only thing....like 40 wives would be a little pricey.....plus like coming home from work everyday would be hell...actually I take back everything I said, I was married to one woman once upon a time and I could barely stand that. In fairness it was a 10 years ago and while I was in the Navy and she was not the nicest person....

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Chester Pane from Portland, Oregon is reading The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz February 29, 2012 - 9:50am

Good to hear you're okay Avery.

Yeah, one wife is enough. And it helps if she's nice.

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry February 29, 2012 - 9:53am

Marriage is just legalized dish-washing!  Stop trying to enslave me with your out-dated institutions.  MAN.

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jyh from VA is reading whatever he feels like February 29, 2012 - 10:03am

Just heard about that tornado system on the radio, KS, MO, KY, scary stuff.

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Flaminia Ferina from Umbria is reading stuff February 29, 2012 - 10:31am

Good to hear you're fine, Avery.

Did the tornado hit Utah too? Not the place, the dude. He looks kinda stormed lately, ain't it?

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry February 29, 2012 - 10:43am

Utah is no dude, you insensitive...Italian!

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner February 29, 2012 - 10:57am

@UTAH Hahaha, I like this new persona. You're such a sassy bitch. 

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Flaminia Ferina from Umbria is reading stuff February 29, 2012 - 10:53am

Hey, this is the second time I get called an Italian in this forum in like.. 30 minutes? Easy with those terms, friends, very easy. I'm an Umbrian, and that be clear. Umbria only accidentally happens to be in Italy.

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner February 29, 2012 - 10:56am

I always wanted to go to Umbria....and Tuscany too...

 

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner February 29, 2012 - 10:57am

Wait who is throwing out Italian a lot?

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Flaminia Ferina from Umbria is reading stuff February 29, 2012 - 11:12am

Just kidding. yeah, it's a nice place but there's an incredibly high number of people lately who's doing everything to turn it into asshole-land. Don't get me started on that.

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The land of horses and whiskey....and tornadoes. 

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig February 29, 2012 - 11:50am

Are you Alive? I think so.


Name/Age? Renee/27 


What’s your favorite smell? petrichor


Which kind of Fritos do you like best? ummmm...regular, I guess. Not a big Fritos eater.


Favorite thing made green for St. Patrick’s Day? my hair (not done yet)


If vegetarians love animals so much, why do they eat all their food? save a plant eat a cow.


What do you believe is the greatest unsolved mystery of all? I have all the answers, it is the questions I struggle with.


What is your first memory about reading? Sitting on my grandpa's lap as a toddler. No idea what we read, but I remember it.

 

 

I did propose to Husband...he said yes, then told me he wouldn't consider it official until he had proposed with a ring. We are weirdly progressive and traditional in the same breath.

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner February 29, 2012 - 11:51am

I did propose to Husband...he said yes, then told me he wouldn't consider it official until he had proposed with a ring. We are weirdly progressive and traditional in the same breath."

 

I like this. 

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry February 29, 2012 - 11:52am

I like this new persona. You're such a sassy bitch.

Don't you condescend to me and try to make me fit some phallo-centric mold created for the purposes of marginalizing what I have to say into the realms of "cute" and "cuddly".  I've got a straight razor and I know how to use it.  And in case you were wondering, it never gets anywhere near my legs.  MAN.

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner February 29, 2012 - 11:58am

I am shocked you haven't started using gender specific words yet. "I'll femunicate your manformation" LOL

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig February 29, 2012 - 11:58am

@Matt--I did get a honkin' ring out of the deal, so I'm considering it a win.

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry February 29, 2012 - 12:01pm

@Matt:  If I had any interest in your MANformation, I'd be Andy Dick.

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner February 29, 2012 - 12:01pm

@Renee, I love it. It's got the best of both worlds. It's a great story. 

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner February 29, 2012 - 12:02pm

@Utah, HOLY SHIT that's hilarious. 

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Chris Davis from Indiana is reading A Feast of Snakes by Harry Crews February 29, 2012 - 12:11pm

Damn Utah, this forum is starting to feel like a Lillith Fair concert.

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner February 29, 2012 - 12:22pm

Where are all the noobs? Also, what do you buy someone who is into Harry Potter, damned if I know. 

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig February 29, 2012 - 12:21pm

I would get her a video of the Henry Rollins bit about kicking his date out of the car in the middle of Los Angeles for reading Harry Potter.

But I'm a bitch and it's not my nookie on the line :P

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner February 29, 2012 - 12:22pm

HAHAHA, That didn't happen did it? 

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig February 29, 2012 - 12:23pm

You changed your post, there Matt. I saw it.

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PandaMask from Los Angeles is reading More Than Human February 29, 2012 - 12:23pm

@Utah

I've been laughing so hard at your posts.

@Matt

Depends on the person.

If it's a girl:

Necklace 1

Necklace 2

Necklace 3

Or Anybody:

Various

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig February 29, 2012 - 12:23pm

I'm not sure if it actually happened, but it was a hilarious bit. Let me find it.

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner February 29, 2012 - 12:25pm

Apparently he likes hairy women too....the kid who played Harry I mean, which I found no amount of irony in...

 

@Panda, good call man....yeah, its for her birthday, I already got her tomato juice, but she is potter freak so ya know. 

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig February 29, 2012 - 12:25pm

I didn't think it was possible for me to love Hank more, but then I saw this:

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner February 29, 2012 - 12:31pm

Haha, I've done stupid shit like this. This is friggin awesome. I love this, I am right there with him

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Flaminia Ferina from Umbria is reading stuff February 29, 2012 - 12:41pm

Cool. I could be Henry Rollins material.

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Dave from a city near you is reading constantly February 29, 2012 - 4:48pm

I want to be just like Henry Rollins when I grow up.

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry February 29, 2012 - 5:04pm

"...counting down to where the chick mouths off..."

That is awesome.  I want to be Henry Rollins when my hair gets grayer. 

Gotta start looking for a tattoo artist.

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Matt Attack from Richmond, Va. is reading As I Lay Dying, William Faulkner February 29, 2012 - 5:16pm

I liked you better when you were a sassy bitch Utah

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"were?!" haha 

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig March 1, 2012 - 10:31am

Wow, I love Hank, I do, and I met him briefly in October and he was as nice as any one I have ever met---BUT--there was a time when he just hit and/or kicked people that pissed him off. Do these people not understand that? Because he's a strong dude.

Anyway, that chick was a bitch, and I hope her feelings were hurt. I don't understand the idea behind cat calling and laughing very publically at someone and then being shocked that they confronted you about it--as though a man like Henry Rollins is going to buy her bullshit act. Blah.

Anyway...I love that video, thanks for sharing.

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Nighty Nite from NJ is reading Grimscribe: His Lives and Works March 1, 2012 - 1:45pm

Are you Alive?

Yes.


Name/Age? 

Robert/23


What’s your favorite smell?

The way the air smells right before a storm. Either that or anything baking that contains the following: Apples, Cinnamon.


Which kind of Fritos do you like best?

Just the regular kind. I know, I'm so dull.


Favorite thing made green for St. Patrick’s Day?

Baked goods.


If vegetarians love animals so much, why do they eat all their food?

They want us to eat them.


What do you believe is the greatest unsolved mystery of all?

Oh man there are so many. The pyramids, the origin of the universe, the bloop, sasquatch, the Jersey Devil, the Zodiac Killer, Jack the Ripper, extraterrestrial life, how many licks it takes to get to the center of a tootsie pop. I can't choose just one.


What is your first memory about reading?

I guess my first important memory about reading was being young and powering through Goosebumps and Scary Stories to Tell in the Dark. I read plenty before that, but it wasn't until I discovered these books that I really started to enjoy reading, and would eventually move on to other books.

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry March 1, 2012 - 2:49pm

there was a time when he just hit and/or kicked people that pissed him off. Do these people not understand that? Because he's a strong dude.

I've never gotten to meet him, but I've seen his spoken word live and I've seen footage of his concerts.  The second thing I think when I see him (right after, "Hey, that Henry Rollins!") is, "I would not want that guy to punch me in the face."  Because that's the kind of thing he used to do for fun. 

And he has no neck.  Punching people who are neck-less tends to work out less well than punching people who are neck...ful. 

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Profunda Saint-... from Calgary, AB is reading Hitchiker's Guide to the Galaxy Series March 1, 2012 - 3:06pm

When punching, I generally go for the neck. Not that I go around punching just anyone. I think in a situation with a neck-less person, I would definitely lose.

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ReneeAPickup from Southern California is reading Wanderers by Chuck Wendig March 1, 2012 - 3:43pm

Utah--seriously, even in his fifties he is a big, musle bound dude, and he's got the ass kicking experience, so I feel like my main goal if I ever meet him again will be "Don't do anything to piss him off". The first time I met him I was just a fucking mess. It was the first time I had met an author who's work had really changed me and I promised myself I'd SAY that. And so I was awkward and he was awkward, and then I moved on and he continued having interesting, lively conversations with everyone else that wasn't a mess.

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry March 1, 2012 - 4:21pm

I've always wondered:  how tall is he?  He doesn't seem very tall. 

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Laramore Black from Joplin, Missouri is reading Mario Kart 8 March 2, 2012 - 12:57am

Are you Alive?
No

Name/Age?
Laurance/20, 21st birthday on the 11th.

What’s your favorite smell?
Greasy chinese food.

Which kind of Fritos do you like best?
I only like Fritos for chili pie. :/

Favorite thing made green for St. Patrick’s Day?
Condoms

If vegetarians love animals so much, why do they eat all their food?
Probably because factory farmed animals are only fed grains and walk in their own feces.

What do you believe is the greatest unsolved mystery of all?
The way they are letting Danny become a psychologist.

What is your first memory about reading?
A video game called Final Fantasy VII gave me a college level in reading in the 5th grade, I read Goosebumps, but got bored and started reading Brian Lumley and Lovecraft.

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Utah from Fort Worth, TX is reading Lonesome Dove by Larry McMurtry March 2, 2012 - 7:11am

Laurance, sonofabitch, if I'd known a little earlier you were turning 21 I'd head to Joplin and get you loaded.  I'm sure you have other people there to do that for you, so you won't really be missing out. 

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters March 2, 2012 - 11:19am

Fuck this!  Storms are coming to us again - be safe guys!!! 

 

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Yay I love storms.

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avery of the dead from Kentucky is reading Cipher Sisters March 2, 2012 - 11:23am

Boo.  The college is closing and we NEVER close.  I'm having to pack up my whole office and work from home.

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PandaMask from Los Angeles is reading More Than Human March 2, 2012 - 11:27am

ALIVE