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I'm living abroad now, working at a language school. One of the other teachers has a student whom I've been acquainted with for a short time. We (myself, the other teacher, this girl, and another student) tend to walk from work to the subway after we finish twice a week. I got to talking with this girl and she mentions that she loves Star Wars. We start talking about Star Wars and she mentions that Phantom Menace is being shown in 3-D. I give her a look which indicates my distaste for that and she says "Yes, I know, it's not as good as 'Luke, I am your father' but I still want to see it." So, I ask her if she wants to go. She excitedly said yes. This was about a week and a half ago.

When I

Edit: I was going to add the pictures I took while I was building it, but it deleted the post? Anyway, here they are. http://imgur.com/I0fIz&gpImi&fKiAV&fQJhdl

And here are the shots of it finished. http://imgur.com/dvKLG&xc7e6&7j90J&4Ikku

Went for my first bikeride today. I'm 320/6'2". My legs wanted to die, but I kept going until I literally could not pedal anymore. Afterwards, thought I was going to die, but I'm loving the high I have now.

My niece asked me to play piano at her baptism. For a moment I considered saying no, but I didn't. If it were anyone but her personally asking, I would have declined. I feel a bit dirty now. However; I have to laugh because immediately after the mess the rest of the family, minus the single religious sibling, were in the church planning a trip to the bar that night.

I was listening to the radio when an ad came on that had a scripture in it that I've always loved; even after abandoning the delusion of God. And it made me think of r/Atheism.

Luke 14:12-14;
12 Then Jesus said to his host, "When you give a luncheon or dinner, do not invite your friends, your brothers or relatives, or your rich neighbors; if you do, they may invite you back and so you will be repaid. 13 But when you give a banquet, invite the poor, the crippled, the lame, the blind, 14 and you will be blessed. Although they cannot repay you, you will be repaid at the resurrection of the righteous."

If you ignore the parts about being blessed in the afterlife... I like this not becaus

So I was watching the News Hour with Jim Lehrer last night and they did a short piece on the new discovery of Ardipithecus (sp?). The narration started as something like "Archeologists have discovered new information about mankind's origins." My dad scoffed, as he often does when there's science involved (like the time he scoffed when the TV told him we're likely the only life in the solar system.)

Anywho, it started an argument. "We didn't come from chimps!" "You're right, we didn't. We and chimps likely came from something like Ardi." It ended when I stated this: "Give one example of a thought that religion, or a holy book such as the Bible, has proposed that drastically changed our