In short: he isn't a Stern. That's about it.

Hulk, Captain America, Thor, Iron Man......these aren't age appropriate for kids? Are we taking these kids to the talkies? Put a 6 year old boy in front of an Avengers and a WOZ, side by side, and tell me where he sticks that quarter.

Thou shalt not slander with opinions. JJP1:4

Agreed that ACDC isn't appropriate for little kids. I can even see TRON ruffling a Baptist's feathers (Damnit! and hotties in seductive pose). But X-Men, TF, Avatar and Avengers? Who shot who in the what, now?

Yeah, the line of 6 year old girls wishing I had a pinball machine that spoke to them in the gameroom is literally wrapped around the side of the building. Josh S. (whoever that might be) would have had to ask women to play a Sex & the City pinball machine, too. I am just not buying this line. I'm not about to start scrap-booking or playing Bunco just because some innovator starts making Sopranos themed stuff.

There is a demographic of women that can't be denied to exist. But I would venture to say that at the TPF a couple weeks back, the ratio of men to women was easily 4 to 1 in the favor of men. And virtually all of the women there were with their husbands/boyfriends. I do remember seeing one group of women, maybe 3 or 4, that were walking around by themselves. I recall them well because they were very noticeably the thing that was so unlike the others in the room. That said, maybe there is some genius is picking a theme that is a little more marketable to the few women that care. But I just can't believe that it is enough to move the needle. And I certainly don't give any credit to anyone for this being an innovation or breakthrough of some sort, in and of itself.

That's what we've been missing! The biggest moron on the boards to come in and be a big ol' moron. I love it when a story always ends the same. The circle is complete. You'll hopefully choke on the diet of low hanging fruit soon, and the grown men can have their conversations. But until then, go on and embarrass yourself some more...

Seriously, I wasn't trying to be creepy talking about 6 year old girls. Dammit.

1Jesus returned to the Mount of Olives, 2but early the next morning he was back again at the Temple. A crowd soon gathered, and he sat down and taught them. 3As he was speaking, the teachers of religious law and the Pharisees brought a woman who had been caught in the act of adultery. They put her in front of the crowd.

4“Teacher,” they said to Jesus, “this woman was caught in the act of adultery. 5The law of Moses says to stone her. What do you say?”

6They were trying to trap him into saying something they could use against him, but Jesus stooped down and wrote in the dust with his finger. 7They kept demanding an answer, so he stood up again and said, “All right, but let the one who has never sinned throw the first stone!” 8Then he stooped down again and wrote in the dust.

9When the accusers heard this, they slipped away one by one, beginning with the oldest, until only Jesus was left in the middle of the crowd with the woman. 10Then Jesus stood up again and said to the woman, “Where are your accusers? Didn’t even one of them condemn you?”

11“No, Lord,” she said.

And Jesus said, “Neither do I. Go and sin no more.”

Mustard seed? Tares? Leaven?

No. A few nutcases make a stink about any translation other than KJV - which isn't even the most literal translation that exists. The Westboro kind of asshats. What's your malfunction?

KJV:

1Jesus went unto the mount of Olives. 2And early in the morning he came again into the temple, and all the people came unto him; and he sat down, and taught them. 3And the scribes and Pharisees brought unto him a woman taken in adultery; and when they had set her in the midst, 4They say unto him, Master, this woman was taken in adultery, in the very act. 5Now Moses in the law commanded us, that such should be stoned: but what sayest thou? 6This they said, tempting him, that they might have to accuse him. But Jesus stooped down, and with his finger wrote on the ground, as though he heard them not. 7So when they continued asking him, he lifted up himself, and said unto them, He that is without sin among you, let him first cast a stone at her. 8And again he stooped down, and wrote on the ground. 9And they which heard it, being convicted by their own conscience, went out one by one, beginning at the eldest, even unto the last: and Jesus was left alone, and the woman standing in the midst. 10When Jesus had lifted up himself, and saw none but the woman, he said unto her, Woman, where are those thine accusers? hath no man condemned thee? 11She said, No man, Lord. And Jesus said unto her, Neither do I condemn thee: go, and sin no more.

Can I question your *asterisk* use? Before you start in on this, do you know anything about the translation sources or history? Are you aware that the KJV is not the most literal Greek & Hebrew to English translation? Do you even know that it wasn't originally typed out in English? Which translations are on what part of the lieral vs. paraphrased continuum, and what are the real differences? Want to go down this road? I promise I know more about this than you do.

How about we start with the fact that your avatar is a French depiction of Baphomet. And it frankly doesn't jibe with a doctor of theology. Being a fan of LaVey doesn't make you any kind of expert. I am sure that your list of ambiguities and translation issues is very novel.

...and you didn't apparently know that the KJV does in fact say what you said it does not.

Santana looks good to go.

The jig is up!

I think some here actually get me, and know how much I love to poke bears with sticks. I live for this shit. My stress level rarely actually elevates. It's all sport. But sometimes I get a bone. JJP is one of those bones, based on what I perceived as a personal slight. I don't wish anyone failure or ill will to anyone (well virtually no one) here.

Well said.

You annoy me.

Boring. Look at my feathers. See how tall I am? I do and I do not? I say nothing and say everything. I know everything about you just by looking into your eyes, right? Blahblahblah.

Let me know when your next lecture is due. I am sure it will change my life.

Tough question....

TRON for me
TAF (it's an HEP, and the nicest I have ever played) for my wife and daughter
HULK for my son

ACDC is going nowhere, though

All day

Agreed. I just found it interesting that the guy that has been giving lectures for 20 years over Bible translations couldn't identify the translation.

It got me my first ban vote, too! Thanks Abso!

I walked up and down your line of games several time, trying to figure out which one was you. I was around Marc's area a lot of the time Saturday. We probably saw each other all weekend and didn't know it.I bounced from Marc to Kim to Craig and around the gameroom.

I used my tournament card to get two games on WOZ to myself. It was beautiful and seemed solid. My tastes have evolved toward faster games, and it reminded me of TZ and TSPP, so I am not the best judge of gameplay for this kind of game right now. There was a lot to do, and I didn't have nearly enough time to understand everything I was doing in those two games. I was surprised at how nice the standard version looked, and would be just fine owning that one vs. the LE. I suspect that one will make its way through my gameroom at some point, if nothing else just to look at.

Don't you two make a cute couple?

Lolwut?

Oh boy. Here we go. Gnostics. There goes the neighborhood.

Have I ever come off as a Bible thumper? Definitely not. I do know a lot about the translation process, and how and why what got in there did. I also know when someone is made of straw and can be blown over in a stiff wind. I don't care for the smell of any farts, however. Not even my own.

5.5 from the French judge.

I fully agree that this isn't the place for theological discussion. Magic Mike threw the first silly jab about it, and was wrong from word one about the very translation he apparently found in a bunker under a Turkish city, surprisingly written in the King's English of the late Middle Ages. My only committment was to show what was there, not weigh in on its validity.

I went to New Zealand a few years back, and thus am a Maori.

I once met Michael Jordan.

I have Flea's cellphone number in my phone.

I attended a lecture given by Alan Dershowitz once.

I have a picture of myself standing next to Tigger at Disney World.

I was attack by a German Shepherd when I was 5 and had to have surgery on my face and rabies shots.

I read a good third of Infinite Jest before giving up.

....what are these lists for, again?

What are you talking about? You make little to no sense. Are you maybe having a stroke?

Samuel L. Jackson was born in Washington D.C. I can PM you a map.

But have you ever been to Duesenberg during Marti Gras? Or dug a hole in the sands of my mother's side yard? He's held the tiki that caused Greg Brady to wipe out on his surf board! Have you????

I don't know him. Just worked out a contract situation with a friend that was doing a big event for him. She knows him well, and says he is extremely normal and cool.

Sir, today is not the day to start making sense.

It's pretty funny, now, that Brian Kelly was name dropped in that long post by Jack yesterday.