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OldSchool (
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03.16.09 (8:43 am)
Sounds like a nice day getting to spend time with your daughter no matter what it was you did!
I would agree that the name of the exhibit probably should have been more accurate to what you were going to get to see.
Loved the Steve Martin picture at the end. Was not really expecting it, so that made me laugh out loud.
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beaverteeth (
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03.16.09 (8:47 am)
Born in Arizona got a condo made of stonea
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PastorDave (
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03.16.09 (10:01 am)
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I imagine I could link to the Steve Martin video. Might be a nice touch?
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PastorDave (
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03.16.09 (10:02 am)
Reply to: OldSchool
We had fun, and there's no real disappointment with the program other than no getting to take pictures. Hey, Steve Martin made some really bad movies in the 80's....
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OldSchool (
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03.16.09 (11:15 am)
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Yes, Steve Martin made some bad movies, but had a few good ones too.
I'm a much bigger fan of Chevy Chase, Bill Murray and John Candy myself.
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barnabus1 (
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03.16.09 (12:31 pm)
The best part of it was the spending time w/ daughter!! Nice to take her to such an exhibit, and pretty rotten of them to say no pics!! Guess they afraid you might get a better pic than their photographers!!!
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bawdy (
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03.16.09 (1:36 pm)
Posting contraband pics? You're quite the rebel! Don't tut tut the display simply due to the absence of Tut.
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surrogate (
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03.16.09 (1:52 pm)
Reply to: OldSchool
Ah, but his work in Parenthood ranks in my top twenty favorite performances by an American actor.
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RebeccaNelle (
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03.20.09 (3:17 pm)
Would you fully explain the following statement from your article:
"I do not know if such is an anthropological feature or perhaps a deformity manipulated by wrappings. But it seems I recall the same skull features from NBA basketball games."
Thank you. :-)
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PastorDave (
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03.20.09 (3:40 pm)
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Fully explain?
Apparently, a physical feature of the people of Egypt, at least the nobility who have been immortalized through statues and mummies, is an elongated skull. It is prominent in appearance, where the skull takes on sort-of a melon shape as it moves toward the back. I understand there are people groups in parts of our world who consider this to be desirable, and actually work hard to form the skulls of their children accordingly with various bindings and wraps. Thus the soft skull of the child can be shaped.
Now, concerning my reference to NBA Basketball- it's simply a crass comment. I like to watch basketball, although I much prefer College ball because they play a better team sport. But as I observe these NBA guys, they are obviously unusual specimens of nature- being so tall and wide, lanky, and disproportionate to your average human. And some of them appear, to me, to have elongated skulls which may be similar to the ones in Egypt. Who knows? It is just a physical feature that a few people seem to have. It doesn't make them any better or worse than anyone else.
I have a fat face.
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RebeccaNelle (
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03.21.09 (5:15 am)
Uh huh. Well. Your explanation appears a bit disingenuous to me. But I will take you at your word. I know that it SOUNDED like a racist comment, but I'm hoping for better from you, Pastor Dave. :-)
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RebeccaNelle (
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03.21.09 (5:16 am)
My eyebrows went up at the k.d. lang comment also, but I let that one go by.
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PastorDave (
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03.21.09 (5:29 am)
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Please explain how it could be understood to be racist...
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PastorDave (
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03.21.09 (5:42 am)
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Concerning k. d. lang- It's been a while since I've seen or heard from her. So, I did a Google image search. You need to take a look at her. She may be the sweetest, nicest, most sincere and kind person around- I do not know. But she is a public figure, an entertainer, and so how she chooses to present herself is a fair subject for comment. She is a woman who chooses to present herself with a mannish appearance. Apparently similar to this female king of Egypt from centuries ago.
It has been a while since I've done a blog concerning views of homosexuality. One reason is because because it is almost impossible to have a conversation. Some who see things differently than myself come across almost militant and angry, and usually someone comes along and starts flaming my blog to the point that I no longer want to try to talk, and simply want the person to go away.
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RebeccaNelle (
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03.21.09 (9:56 am)
I understood your comment to be racist by the implied connection between dark-skinned races and basketball players, actually, many of whom are of a negroid race, and of course, that particular race catches heck all the time for differences in body shape, head shape, physical ability as applied to sports, etc., etc. If I misunderstood, I apologize. And don't worry. I won't flame your blog. I am against homosexuality as my personal viewpoint, but I find it much more abhorrent for we as Christians to pass judgment - however slight and/or disguised as innocent comments - than whatever sin we happen to be judging. Again, if I misunderstood, I'm sorry. But the Bible tells us to shun even the appearance of evil, and I think that means to watch what we say that could be misconstrued as hatred, racism, etc. Hey, even the President got in trouble for saying he bowled like a Special Olympian! :-)
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PastorDave (
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03.21.09 (11:31 am)
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I caught that comment from Obama, and was very tempted to criticize. Lots of bloggers, even at this site, were giving Bush a hard time for every misstep and misspoken word, even as they knew that sometimes it was simply looking for things to criticize simply because they did not like the guy or did not agree with his politics. It's easy to find fault when you basically do not like someone.
He is on display in a museum in Egypt, appropriate I think, except that I paid $30 per ticket for a King Tut exhibit in Atlanta that did not include him! 
