With Neglify dead, does that mean we have to subtract one from the petition, since his voice has been so prematurely taken from this universe?
Forgive me for doing this here. I'm sure it makes me seem like an attention hog, but I just feel such a need to shout and I don't know whom to shout to. I can be fairly reserved in public, but I am just so grateful for my beautiful new daughter! She is such a treasure. I've never felt fully prepared when my children have been born, always wishing for more time and not sure how I'm going to manage having this new complication in my life. But just looking at her, so small, so precious, and I don't care whether you believe it or not, but such a blessing from God, I can't help but love her and not care about lost hours of sleep or more money out of my pocket. She is a gem, a true angel come to earth. I look at her tiny eyes that hardly open and cannot even focus on my face, her little lips that can only cry and consume milk, her skin so soft, her hair, so surprisingly long, but when you think about it, so short, and such a pretty color, I cannot help but see so much beauty.
She reminds me of my older children. My twins were born early and have often been a challenge. Just going to the store with them gives me a headache, as they love to touch everything, no matter if you just told them thrice not to. Sometimes I have a hard time being patient. But then I remember that they too were once babies, just like their little sister. They were in fact smaller, more fragile. I remember not caring about the difficulties I would have raising them in the future. All I cared about was them right then, holding them both at the same time, loving them, seeing their beautiful little faces, knowing they were my offspring. They were born caesarian and premature, and came with many health challenges, but they have overcome most of their difficulties and are such precious boys. And remembering that they were so recently babies, now almost 7 years old, I have to remember that even when I am at my wit's end with them, they are still little angels, gifted with such amazing talents and such loving hearts.
And then I think of my second-to-youngest (wow, less than three days ago my youngest!), provided with her own difficulties, yet blessed with her own amazing gifts so different from my boys. I remember the day she was born, approaching five years ago. Most doctors refuse to deliver a child vaginally after a c-section, but our OB was willing. Labor went on for a while, and ultimately our doctor, out of fear that my wife's scarred uterus would rupture and due to some signs on the fetal monitor that our child was in distressed, hurriedly helped her get out. I remember how tiny she once was, how scared I was to change a poopy diaper on a girl (fathers of girls know what I'm talking about), how grateful I was for a daughter, having wanted a girl since before I was even married. Today she hates just about 90% of anything called 'food' and can't sit in her chair long enough to finish anything from the remaining 10% that she specifically requested. She cries over the littlest things. But oh, she is so sweet and loving, just begging and begging to hold her sister today, making several paper and marker signs in preparation to meet her. She always hugs and kisses and is so genuine in her affection, and I'm so grateful to have such a sweet child.
Now I've got another blessing from God. She will probably be our last baby due to my wife's own health issues. She reminds me so much of her brothers and sister, and has served to remind me why I love them all. I worry that the older kids will be sad or feel estranged, since we will have less time or attention to give them. I have tried to encourage as much comfort and love on their part towards this newest addition, and have reassured them that I will always love them, no matter how stretched my time. I am not a perfect father. I lose my temper with them a lot and raise my voice. But I love them so much. I am so grateful for my wonderful children and my beautiful wife who has sacrificed so much to bring them here! Praise be to God for my family!
I don't need feedback for this. I really am not trying to get attention. I just really needed to shout out to the universe!
For all of us, my friend, for all of us. I can guarantee you that anyone reading your above message is smiling broadly :D
You really were letting us down, pat man. Someone had to take up your slack. I'm disappointed I wasn't getting regular updates. Don't you ever leave like that again!
RicOlie_2 said:
Well, I don't see anything in particular, but you could easily cause me a lot of trouble right away by moving your rook down the board. Especially since you have a bishop that will soon be threatening my rook and another bishop in hand. I think I can still put up a pretty good fight though.
Assuming you meant +Lx7g, G*5h
No, I meant my bishop on B2, However, I did mean to say Bx7g+. I hope you'll still let me promote, but if not, that's fine. What move would you make then in that case?
Bx7g. I'm not sure I see what you see. I am putting more pressure, but I don't feel like I've trapped anything else at present.
DuracellEnergizer said:
I refuse to accept Temple of Doom as a prequel to Raiders of the Lost Ark.
Indy's clearly a committed religious skeptic prior to the ending of Raiders -- it makes little sense that he'd casually disregard the tales of the ark's power as "a lot of superstitious hocus pocus" if he'd encountered a bunch of magical glowing rocks and an evil priest who could rip hearts out of people without killing them only a year before.
Temple works far better as a sequel, and that is what I choose to accept it as.
Except for the date at the beginning of the film, there is nothing else that would make me ever believe it was a prequel. Everything about it seems like a sequel, including Harrison's more muscular physique (course his double had more work to do in this one than the others, so perhaps that's partly why it appears that way), the reference to the Arab swordsman when Indy reaches for his missing gun, his greater openness to the magic of the rocks than the powers of the Ark, the film's acknowledgement of Indy's fear of snakes when he nods at the snake statue, etc.
On the other hand, now that I say that, I should not fail to note that Indy seems a lot more selfish in this film, caring more about "fortune and glory" than about people, while in Raiders he clearly has a more noble head on his shoulders, so perhaps there is a sign of some maturity, but other than that, I really have a hard time looking at it as a prequel as well.
Three disgraces in that room, and none of them the young man holding the phone. I believe in the Word of God too, and I don't believe it condones any such behavior, and I believe those who interpret it that way don't understand its meaning.
So yes, my wife had her baby. I am home now getting things ready, and I will take the other kids to go see their mom and new sister tomorrow. Can't make too many moves today, maybe even just this one, but I did want to resume our game. I was pretty sure I'd make this move, but since I'd made a couple of moves without looking at the board in the past, then truly regretted doing so, I figured I'd wait to see if you'd done something I didn't expect.
Gx4h
What's funny is right now I'm pretty envious of your good news.
Thanks fellas. I really appreciate it. She's a pretty girl, just like her mom.
Darth_ender is now a father of four.
Sorry. Had to run to another city. Wife is having baby. Will move later.
G-5h
:P to you too ;)
G*6h
Yeah, I'm probably spending more time at the computer than I should today. I'm so stressed with everything though, it's nice to waste time now and then.
+Lx7h
S*7h
L-8h+
L*8c
+px8i.
We shall see ;)
+P9ix8i
P-8h+
Well, you are correct. And my board was correct, and I didn't make a typo, but rather my eyes which have been open for 27 hours saw a knight insttead of a silver. Thanks for the catch.
P*8g
+Px9i
My computer is going to do one of the forced restarts soon, so let me save my position, and you can correct me if I'm wrong.
ln----knl
-r---gsb-
p-pppp-pp
--s---p--
--g--P---
P----R-P-
--PPP-PNP
--SB---K-
+pN-G--GNL
In hand: ender: p, l
I miss the small talk I could have during our games. Right now I'm at my new job at the hospital working the night shift and things are a little slower than sometimes at home. I can't make a move right now, but I wanted to say don't feel bad. As always you have a prettier tight defense and he early. You can still turn this around.