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Nate

Creator and Owner of a Paper Airplane

  • Lounge, The Re: 2008 Beijing Olympics

    I'm going to try to make it to the games in London. Anyhow, awesome games! The best moment for me was watching Matthew Mitcham from Australia in the diving competition ...

    Aug 24, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: No Religion In the Bar Fellas

    A hefty number of theologians would argue that religion is all about compromise. But anyhow, there are two things you never discuss in polite company: religion and politics. Why? Because ...

    Aug 23, 2008
  • Lounge, The Re: Living with humans has taught dogs morals, say scientists

    Living with humans has taught dogs morals, say scientists By Daily Mail Reporter Last updated at 6:39 AM on 21st August 2008 Dogs are developing a sense of fair play, ...

    Aug 21, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: McCain vs. Obama

    If the world collapses, it will probably be more due to some strange geo-spatial anomaly within the Earth's crust. Perhaps something like a black-hole produced by an accelerator, or the ...

    Aug 20, 2008
  • Lounge, The Re: Username

    Actually, there's a little "X" in the upper right hand corner of every post... you might want to check what that does ;)

    Aug 20, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Bob Cat's Death

    Found it: You were right originally; it was a mountain lion. It was a scene of domestic bliss, the husband and wife sleeping in the master bedroom and the couple's ...

    Aug 19, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Bob Cat's Death

    Is there a link to a news story on this? I tried finding the story, but couldn't find anything, and I don't like relying on second or third hand information.

    Aug 19, 2008
  • Historical Fiction Short Stories Re: Romans: the conquering of England

    You mean veni, not vendi. The actual translation for what you wrote would be, "I sold, I saw, I conquered." As Jack already pointed out, you need to research this ...

    Aug 19, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Are The Beijing Olympics A Trap?

    gyrfalcon ->> Ya know, one would think that one day people would catch on, but nope... Via ->> Haven't you heard of the old adage that a lion plays with ...

    Aug 19, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Are The Beijing Olympics A Trap?

    Please watch this: and discuss.

    Aug 19, 2008
  • Lounge, The Re: I lost a bet to Bek.

    Whatever. Everyone knows that the Nationals are gearing up to beat both of you by failing spectacularly this season. Thus proving to everyone that Washington, DC fails at life.

    Aug 19, 2008
  • Information Desk Archive Re: Get Out and Review!

    While activity is way up for August, the story/poem to review ratio is abysmally low (1 to 5, and it should be 1 to 7). I think part of this ...

    Aug 18, 2008
  • Information Desk Archive Re: What to do when the site is down

    Just a friendly public-service announcement :P It hasn't happened for a long time now (knock on wood), but YWS does periodically go down. Sometimes it's for as short as thirty ...

    Aug 18, 2008
  • Lounge, The Re: The World According to YWS

    The bigger the dot, the more YWSers from that area.

    Aug 15, 2008
  • Serious Discussion and Debate Re: Does the media give teens a bad name?

    How is going on MySpace misguided? Going on MySpace is misguided because it has a terrible design, people embed annoying music in their pages all the time which interrupts the ...

    Aug 15, 2008


The bigger the issue, the smaller you write. Remember that. You don’t write about the horrors of war. No. You write about a kid’s burnt socks lying on the road. You pick the smallest manageable part of the big thing, and you work off the resonance.
— Richard Price