Merlin: The worst show on tv

...because of the script the actors cannot perform.

Merlin to his Caretaker: "I saw the chick you like doing dark magic".

Caretaker to Merlin: "This is the second time you said that... you're just jealous."

The actor playing merlin, thinking to himself "Ok seriously what the fuck my character is never jealous, is always right, and my caretaker is waaaay to wise to even say that... ever."

Caretaker to Merlin: "So fuck off dude"

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Chick to caretaker "What's wrong?"

Caretaker "Just an argument between me and merlin".

Chick: "Was it about me???"

SERIOUS WTF! HAVE YOU READ THE FUCKING SCRIPT HOW THE FUCK!!!!!!!!!!! WOULD YOU KNOW THAT?

SOMEONE PLEASE REPLY WITH THE ADDRESS OR PHONE # OF ONE OF THE WRITERS SO I CAN MAKE THEIR LIFE A LIVING HELL.

Seriously though... I wanna know who wrote these fucking scripts.... so I can make sure I never have to read their half ass'ed bullshit ever again. This is FUCKING TERRIBLE.

testing

just a test

Sweetest BMX Biking Video Ever

I love Red Bull.

My copy (since redbull's site is too irrelible... I also changed the end music):

Awesome Story from Darkfall

YA YA... it's tl;dr... but I think you'll find it's a really sweet read that's worth the time. Really goes to show the awesomeness of darkfall... and you've got to remember, in this game if you die, you lose everything you've got on you... so naturally the game feels a lot more "real" than any other game I've ever played.

You can't die too many times in a row... you'll end up with only trash gear left.

So anyways, me and my gay partner Dave just had an awesome pvp sesh.


Above: Dave and myself in Monkfield 40 minutes before server maintenance.

We took out a few mahirim and picked up a ton of scale armor and shit before getting chased out of the mahirim lands by a vet. He killed my friend and still managed to chase me down somehow, getting my horse to a sliver of health even by shooting arrows over a fuckin' hill without LOS and hitting me 3/4 times at super far range.

But I slipped away. He let me know he was eagerly awaiting my return to gank more noobs... so me and Davius hightailed it over to human lands.

First we pulled some ninja shit on a guy farming the mercian guild masters, sneaking up to practically melee range before popping out and owning his ass. Naturally, thousands of gold and scale/banded armor was looted.

I tell Dave (who's blue) to go to the local wildness bank, which has a tower, and bank our shit. I remain behind to go over to the local hamlet and see if there's any action there.

Well the guy we killed lived in the nearby hamlet (Charlies Angels) and came running back, meeting me half way, naked with another rank 40 bow and a rank 20 2h sword, and while yeah, he must have been nub, he still hit through my armor really hard and had some fantastic stats... he killed my horse and we duked it out in a awesome fight. He was better than me at archery, but sucked shit at melee, so I'd jump at him, whirlwind, wack his sorry frantic ass a few times, and then jump back and make him think we were going archery again just long enough to get whirlwind back. I repeated this 3 times and he couldn't touch me.

Mind you, I was low on rank 40 bows and don't have anyone who can give me a stockpile or anything so I rely on PvP to get that stuff. So it was nice getting two new bows... but before the night was over I'd have about 10 fresh new rank 40s.

We went over to Monkfield and took an SG who was afk mining down to one hit before she got to tower range. The best part about this, really, is that she taught me how to dodge -- you don't just strafe, you literally jerk your mouse and run in the direction you'd normally strafe in. The effect is twice the dodginess without the loss of speed that comes with strafing... making it much, much easier to get away. This maneuver ends up saving my ass before this story ends.

Without much luck in Monkfeild, and with only 40 minutes left 'till server down (nightly maintenance is from 4-5am), we trekked it south to the hivekin queen / mercian spawns looking for some action. Finding no action, and with little time left, we decide to take a shot at someone in NEW's Hammerdale before calling it a night.

Man... did we find the biggest moron in Hammerdale. We see a NEW Captain farming the farm with some plate on, so with 5 minutes left, we banked all the gear that we didnt want to die with on us and set our weapons to up / down stance. We get behind the guy, who's now just standing there AFK, and coordinate our motions to strike him down from behind as fast as possible...

I don't even think he had time to alt-tab back into the game. We looted 2 plate chestpieces, lots of scale shit, a few bone armor pieces, many dozens of herbs and mats, and I score big (at least, big to me, seeing as I'm desperate for bows)... the guy has around 8 rank 40 bows on him. We loot all this as 2 other NEW recruits wack us, following us to the bank, where we bank everything (Idiots should have just looted him).

Davius doesn't quite make it out alive and I'm being chased to the city wall, using my newly learned dodging techniques to stay alive. I run up the ramp to the top of the wall and pull one of the SICKEST fake outs I think I'll ever pull. The part of the wall I ran up kind of sticks out from the rest of the wall and has a dark overhang you can kind of hide in pretty well, and even though this guy is only about 25 feet behind me, I jump off the wall as if I'm leaving the city only to strafe a little and land inside the overhang. He runs around for the last two minutes before server down wondering how the fuck I vanished on the other side of the wall as I try to contain my excitement over vent.

And now when I log in, the bank... and gankable noobs... are readily available for me. Right in the heart of the most populated, noobiest land there is... which spells p-e-r-f-e-c-t p-l-a-c-e-m-e-n-t for a red newfuck like myself.

I freakin' love this game... and I don't see any reason to do the grind with only about 10 hours a week to spent on darkfall and fun like this available on friday night.

Landmark's WORD (An e-mail I never sent)

I never sent this e-mail because it's just a little too serious, plus I'm trying not to randomly help people or preach my shit so much. I'm trying to become more humble, and I'm just getting started... so obviously sending this would go against all that I'm trying to balance in my life.

But I still had to write it... because I used to have an EPIC tool for controlling myself that stopped working after only a few days of using it, called "The Whip" (whipping myself into submission mentally).

This is "The Word" and it replaces "The Whip" in a way that actually works.

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Landmark said something that I never quite got,
which is that "all you have is your word".

Two days ago, I continually broke myself down over
and over while simultaneously installing "my word"
in the place of the old shit I was throwing out.
I didn't know I was doing it. But the result was one
I'd been building for a while, and yet unexpected.
Over the last two days, I haven't hesitated for even
a second one time to do exactly what I told myself
to do (and what I knew from A TON of previous
thinking that I should do.) I have thus gained full
control of my word... my mind is going to work and
doing what needs to be done on autopilot for once.

Alrighty Business Circle, you can stop reading now.

That's the POWER of landmark's idea of YOUR WORD

(I... think. It's been 2 years since I did landmark and I'm just now getting what this meant... so I could be quite off.)

Below is something that's VERY tl;dr (too long; don't read) [the whole email including this totals to 5 pages] It's so long, I'm not even going to attempt to edit it... which I think is a first for any article I've written that spanned over 1 - 2 pages.

But, I think it's a pretty good explaination of Landmark's word, and since you're in the business circle, I kind of feel obligated to give you a shot at this one.

I'd recommend you window mode your browser so the text doesn't stretch across the screen. It's going to make it much easier to read, trust me.

For the record reading this WILL significantly impress me, lol... so yeah I'd love to hear if you read it even if it's just a quick reply that says, "I read it. FUUUUU---"
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So what is "your word"? And how is it "all you have"?

First, you've got to understand who YOU are... or more accurately, WHAT you are, and that's a little more complicated than Landmark's explaination that you are "a biological, *meaning making* machine".

That is to say, you're technically a robot with a really, really complicated brain that goes around making meaning of things.

Which makes a lot of sense if you consider that nothing in the real world "means" anything. If you didn't see it, sure it existed... but it may as well not have. Two comets smashing in space are just two objects colliding. The same thing goes for the most awesome thing that's ever happened to you. You got super excited and remember it to this day, but it only matters to you because your mind went "that was amazing". That amazingness is merely a "meaning" that your mind has created.

...Now hold on to your horses, sparky, cuz I gotta ask... did the holocaust mean anything? We've all thought it was one of the most horrible, terrifying things to ever happen and it taught us about the evil mankind is capable of. And that means a lot... to mankind. But really, it's all just a planet that happens to have plants and animals and people who end eachothers lives. None of it means something if no one made the meaning... outside of your head, or the heads of all people, there's nothing (other than perhaps God depending on your religiousness beliefs) that makes it mean anything. SOMEONE has to judge it before it has any meaning.

So to US, the holocaust means tons of things... but in reality (outside of our brains) the holocaust, feeding starving children, and even "love" have absolutely no meaning. In the reality, they're just things that HAPPEN.

Okay, did ya get all that? For the record, I ask about the holocaust because that seriously is going to challenge some of your beliefs. If you can't understand how the holocaust doesn't mean anything except to YOU (since you're a meaning making machine) or OTHER PEOPLE (since we all have minds that make meaning out of the world around us)...

If you just can't get that right now... that's okay, because it took landmark something like 30+ hours almost STRAIT before they tried to tell us that.

But if you're not getting that, you gotta stop reading now. The rest of this simply isn't going to make sense... you'd be wasting your time. So think about the above and see if you can distinguish things in your head from what they really are.

So, back on point.

Literally, what you are is CONSCIOUSNESS. That implies that you are MORE THAN JUST YOUR MIND.

How can you be more than just your mind, when it's 100% of what makes you conscious?

Well, imagine you were born, but just as consciousness should have developed, it didn't. You're born and your mind grows to be just as powerful as it is today (well, at least in the pure sense of brainpower, but it obviously doesn't have any of the work you've done on it or whatever), and although just as powerful and equal as your current mind, this brain has never experienced a thought. It's never run an emotion or responded to anything. It's a vegetable.

If that were true, YOU would have never existed. Only your mind would have. Hence, YOU are more than your mind.

Your mind is kind of like the projector, and YOU are the image projected.

I think I've told you before about a "clearing" or "vacuum"... if you were to magically create empty space free of air and atoms in the middle of your room, what would happen? Everything would immediately rush in to fill the empty space.

So you are essentially the empty space which the mind is continuously filling.

YOU have never seen anything. You experience images, but they come from the mind.
YOU don't have any emotions. You experience them, but they come from the mind.
YOU don't have any thoughts. You experience them, but they come from the mind.

So what do you have?

YOU have choice. That's what's meant by "all you have is your word".

Your mind projects several things into your experience, and then inside of your experience you ***USE*** your mind.

To illustrate how twisted and confusing it is, and then to make sense of it all and show where you can really see YOURSELF APART FROM YOUR MIND, I'll bring up a following hypothetical story.

One day, you are feeling sad, and your mind might project, "I don't like this, I want to be happy." You then use your mind by asking it, "how can I be happy?" It brings up that you should be more responsible, and you consider that until it then projects all the games you can play with an overwhelming emotional pull that quickly fills your experience.

At some point, you can't just keep playing games because they're not worth it any more. The fun emotions you get off of them turn grey. Your emotions change and your mind tells you that you're sad again. It brings up the same stuff as last time, this time with a stronger emotional pull towards responsibility.

And so it repeats but this time, you choose to do some responsible things in your life. Then responsibility becomes less enjoyable until you're back to games. But every time you are responsible, you see more of the good sides about it.

Now that was almost completely PROJECTED STUFF. YOU chose to follow what you're mind was saying, because you FELT (from the projected emotions) that your thinking was sound.

But one day, you're not so sure the pattern of repeated behavior is right anymore. The good sides of doing something greater with this responsibility stuff has been growing on you. You find yourself, one day, back at sadness, and feel another projected emotion that says "I should REALLY think about this..."

And then something magical happens.

I've seen my friend Alex Shahparnia make this click, I've seen myself make this click, and I think most people had a moment in their life that was more empowering than any other moment they've ever experienced by a long shot.

You spend a few hours running the show a little more than usual. You start out asking yourself if it'd be better if you really started getting responsible. Your mind projects that playing games all the time is "living the life". You think about that for a while and eventually end up comparing it to all the times you were sad even though you were playing lots of games, and in making the choice to listen to your emotions and spend this time thinking, you have enough control over the experience to really compare past events side by side, until an overwhelming emotion gets projected that says, "BULLSHIT. Playing games all the time is NOT the life, look how depressed I've been".

Powerful emotions take over. Empowering emotions take over. Emotions that completely overwhelm other emotions until you've locked your door and turned off your phone because you're literally crying and yelling at yourself. In these critical moments, YOU CHOOSE to throw out certain emotions (very specific, suddenly outdated ideas of yours) ONCE AND FOR ALL. At this point, YOU (YOU meaning, you VERY CONSCIOUSLY) make a CHOICE (something the mind, on it's own, is uncapable of doing.)

And with that strong choice you give YOUR WORD that you'll start being on the responsible side of the tracks from now on.

End of story.

Now go back and notice that you...

...DO NOT OWN YOUR EMOTIONS. You share them with the brain, as it continually is projecting them into your experience.
...DO NOT OWN YOUR THOUGHTS. You share them with the brain, as it continually is projecting them into your experience.

So how do you then actually OWN your word? Isn't that shared? How is "your word" the "only thing you have".

Your word was formed from comparing projections and then making a CHOICE. Only you could make that choice, since the mind can't make it without you. It needed you to be conscious, to recieve all the thoughts and emotions, and then piece them together. You didn't have to make that choice... as a matter of fact, you could have made it ANY of the times you were being responsible, but the emotions being projected weren't powerful enough for you.

AT NO POINT DID YOUR BRAIN EVER "PROJECT" THE CHOICE INTO YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS. It only projected all the things you used to make the choice. It can be said that you were BOUND to make that choice based on the emotions, thoughts, and process, but THAT CHOICE IS YOURS, AS IT COULD *ONLY* COME FROM YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS (and remember, your consciousness is YOU, and YOU can control your mind, and since you).

Now, that choice was yours for the moment... but it can fade off with time. I believe you own it, but you may not maintain it. Hence, the reason your word is all you have is because...

Your WORD, which comes from your CHOICES, was never projected from the mind, it came from within consciousness. And you can CHOOSE TO FOLLOW YOUR WORD DESPITE PROJECTED THOUGHTS AND EMOTIONS.

Now don't get confused here and think you've given your word to show up to your job / class on time. You haven't. You show up to those things because the second you consider not showing up, your mind projects emotions that say "Nope, you gotta go." And even if you decide to stop going to work, it's just your mind going "I can't take this any more." At no point have you GIVEN YOUR TRUE WORD.

But if you decide you're going to do something no matter what... you can simply FREEZE THE PROJECTOR. You can actually just say, "I gave my word, I'm going, and I'm not going to think about it, I'm just going to do it." Isn't that a projected thought, though? Not if you've set that thought up before hand, and you've SET that CHOICE up BEFOREHAND.

Now for the sake of sanity, let's say this is 90% true. Let's say you can't complete freeze up the projector, but you can get it stuck in a certain loop you've desired by rigging it before the show starts.

So take my friend Alex. He was always up and down in his grades in school... smart kid but lacking motivation... and then in college his grades began to plummet. He was on the fast track to drop out.

Then... outa freakin' nowhere... he starts getting strait As and gets into UCLA faster than you would have thought possible.

What happened there? Well, the story from above... and one day, or over the course of a week or a month possibly... I don't know the details... he came to a strong choice that he was going to turn it all around. And then he got stuck in a loop of getting strait As. He rigged the friggen projector. He made his choice, and whether he knew it or not, he had given his word... because he certainly followed it.

Could it be that his mind just started projecting all the right stuff? Yeah... that's exactly what happened. My question is, could the mind do that without Alex's choice? I don't think so. And that's why Alex owns his word, that's why it's something that's HIS. It's not something his mind projected origionally. It's something that he concluded and then used effectively.

It's lunch time... Health food, or hamburger? Emotion --> I want yummy. Emotion --> I want to be healthier. The more powerful emotion and thought process behind it wins, and you are decided. But if you gave your word that "will always eat health food for lunch" based on previous choice, you might eat health food no matter how much the mind yells "I WANT THE FRIGGEN HAMBURGER. ONE TIME MAN. ONE TIME!" you can say, "nope, talked about this, the word says eat the health food" and you can thus automatically eat the health food without having to think about it.

That's because your word is YOURS, not your MIND'S, and you have power over your mind. You can choose what gets projected. You don't always gotta just decide.

The Fundamental of Landmark -- Biological Machine

For the record, this landmark stuff can serve you really well. I'm about to discuss how I'm a "biological machine". You might be thinking "No... you're HUMAN." I ask you, what is a human being, really? If you made a robot out of stem cells and started it up using a replicated human brain, would it not resemble a newly created human being? What if you were in control of it's emotions?

Let's say this artificial human then became passionate about doing something, but wasn't able to get passed some of it's emotional hangups (for example, it just won't stop playing Halo). If you had the ability to make it stop liking halo for a short time and start liking work more, wouldn't that be good for that artificial human's life? ...Aren't there times you wish you had that kind of control over yourself?

Landmark training gives you greater control over being able to tweak yourself in ways that help you do big things for yourself. The training is fundamentally okay. It's their training process at large... one that is largely based on Scientology's... that has some corrupt nature to it. It's "tainted" as my dad would say. But you CAN, as a matter of fact, throw out parts of landmark and things they say ENTIRELY and still get all the right stuff. They'll tell you you can't, which is fucked up cuz it's not true.

What is true is when they say you can't get the "full experience"... and IMO, there's a little too much thought reform going on... you don't want the "full experience"... trust me. Don't share landmark with everyone like they tell you... cuz, it's for YOU, NOT for everyone else. You should reject all notions of trying to change other people. It is an ineffective method of achieving the end results you really wanted all along. (Having others around you into what you're into is ALWAYS a huge plus, people close to you have a GIANT effect on the way you think, and landmark makes it seem like you NEED that plus when I swear to you, you absolutely don't. It's a bonus, NOT a requirement.)

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I didn't get this the first time I saw it, but after:

-Understanding the process of breaking someone down and building them back up (thought reform)

-Training myself to "come off it" (to essentially hit the "reboot" system on my mind when it's not serving me well),

-Generally expanding my own "lore" (not jargon, "understanding" just isn't deep enough here) on how I really function as a biological machine, and what I really am (logistically speaking) as a human being.

...Now I really get how this video sums up landmark quite well. It also sums up thought reform really well. And that's sort of the point -- one ought to have the power to reform their thoughts to achieve their goals. That's the fundamental of landmark.

Copypasta: A Little Revenge

(You'll want to zoom in / shrink the window size for this...)

Now, I’m sure many of you have encountered little shits in supermarkets. Little kids running about and knocking things over, being rude, walking all over their parents, you know the kind. But the worst are the biters. Yes, those little cunts that feel it is okay to bite you whenever they feel like it. Okay, here’s the best part. A biter got me today when I was grocery stopping. He broke the fucking skin, too. This was when the gears started turning, the moment I saw a tiny sprinkle of blood on the little shit’s teeth as he was grinning at me like the little cunt he is. I made my eyes get wide, and started screaming “SHIT! SHIT!.” Now, my good friend, Tom we’ll call him, was there too, and he instantly picked up on it. He started shouting “FUCK! MAYBE HE DIDN’T GET IT! FUCK!”. By now, the kid is scared shitless and starts crying, and instantly, Mizz Mom appears out of nowhere and starts getting pissy at us for yelling at her kid. Here’s the kicker, I look her straight in the eye and say, “Ma'am, get your son tested as soon as possible, he just bit me and I’m… I’m FUCKING HIV POSITIVE.” And now there is silence. Not a peep in the entire store. The brat knows he just fucked up big time because his mom isn’t defending his ass. She just stares at me wide eyed. I walk away from them, buy my shit from the wide eyed cashier, all the while blood is dripping from my calf, making a nice little trail on the floor. And, just as we leave, we start to hear the mother sobbing. Sobbing like the cunt she is. I have never felt any more satisfaction than the moment I heard that sob. I'm not really HIV Positive, but that little shit must've gotten in a fuckheap of trouble.

The Coolest Thing You May Ever See

Okay, this IS the coolest thing I've ever sent my "inner circle" email list.

If you haven't heard about this, you have to watch this video. Seriously.

Possibly within the next 10 years... you won't have to wear a watch, you'll instantly know which brand of any product is best for you just by looking at each product, ...

you WON'T EVEN have to take your phone out of your pocket to use it to make calls,
send text messages,
surf the internet,
watch videos, etc (you'll be able to project all of this stuff - even the dial pad for your cell phone - onto the wall in front of you and simply click on the wall)

Anything you can do with your computer or cell phone is essentially becoming a screen-less sixth sense...

...I'm totally blown away. When this evolves into it's prime, it's going to turn the Kindle and iPad (and maybe even the cell phone and PC) into outdated technology. And it's not going to be expensive... and it's already here and convenient.



People actually stand up to applaud the genius behind this at the end of the video.

...I can't wait!

James

I Fuck With a Biased Critic & Learn a Valuable Lesson

First you gotta see the video that inspired this prank:



First of all, props to Quentin. Seeing this really helped make up for the false advertising he pulled on me when he named his Anne Frank movie "Inglorious Bastards" ("hey, sorry I'm 10 minutes late to the movie man... *2 hours later*... wait... where the HELL were the inglorious bastards? I could've SWORE I saw like 5 commercials of nothing but nazi killing hardasses!?"... "dude, this is why you don't show up 10 minutes late to the movies you asshat.")

So, being in a not so postive, not so productive place at the moment, I decided to pull a prank on Jan Wahl, the retarded hat lady. To be honest, I just really wanted to show her how her "soulfulness" made me feel.

THE PRANK--- It's time to take a shot at a critic...

Jan Wahl has a nice website up where you can book her for one of her lectures. As seen by the video above, she seems to care a lot about spreading the anti-violence message, so I decided if I set my approach right and asked her to supplement one of her lectures with some anti-violence material for students, she'd take me seriously enough to read my embedded, personal message to her.

Pretending to be Jason Perry from San Francisco School District's KALW-FM radio station, I sent the request on her website.

A very professional booking in the first couple of paragraphs, I proceed to point out that this is not a usual request, as we are supplementing it with an anti-violence message.

That's where it gets exciting. Pulling from her need to help inform parents about violence, I ask her if she'd be willing to participate in this fantastic opportunity and critique how her lecture on Critical Thinking of Movies and Television relates to the affects of media violence on society.

I explain that I need to know from Jan herself if this will work and proceed to provide a long article found on the internet that she'll no doubt get wet reading.

Except, in the middle of the article, out of FUCKING NO WHERE it says,

"Yata yata yata...jan is arrogant, obnoxious, and so clearly biased that no one can take her seriously. She does damage to the anti-violence community's message and if she doesn't believe that, she should take a look at herself in the now viral youtube video of her bashing quentin."

=D.

Trust me, this was WELL PULLED... and I've got experience with this kind of prank. I'd say there's roughly an 90%+ chance that she read the article with my embed in it, as it's (A) a job and (B) too long for a webmaster to read, plus it said that I needed HER opinion over whether the job would work for her. So even if she had a secretary (unlikely), and the secretary read the first couple of paragraphs, it's very unlikely the secretary would have read the whole boring article before giving it to her... and even if she skimmed through it, she would have missed my embedded message as it was smack in the middle of pure boredom with nothing (not even capitol letters) to call attention to itself.

Wish I copy and pasted before hitting the submit button, lol. I made a fake email with forwarding to myself, so if any follow up messages come I'll be getting them.

Sigh... what a waste of time (>.<)... but it feels nice to take a shot at her for this. She's not gonna be happy that the article was, in fact, a prank and a major waste of time. ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- ---------- Jan responds!

Jan Wahl to jasonperrycoun.

show details 7:11 AM (9 hours ago)

"Hi Jason..Great to hear from you. Is there a phone number where I can call you and we can have a brief chat about this? Thank you!"

Well, now I'm thinking she either hasn't read it, or wants to see if I got the balls to talk about it to her face.

So there's three approaches I can take:

1. Tell her what a fat bitch she is over the phone, personally. Hey, I've stood up to people before and put my foot down, but doing so here wouldn't be very funny since I can't record it, and I've already wasted enough energy on this prank as it is.

2. Actually give her a number of someone over at the school district. I've actually got some numbers ready on hand. She'd have a super confusing conversation, and then probably go back and read my full comment. Buut that feels kind of illegal... and I can't just waste the time of innocent bistanders, now can I? Oh yeah, and I can't record that, either.

3. Make sure she read my embedded comment by replying to her email with a link to the youtube video and my embedded comment included. Since she has PERSONALLY EMAILED MY FAKE ADDRESS, I know it'll get through to her this time.

So, option #3 it is. I don't feel super happy about picking on her... but she's asking for it... and if she happens to reply at all, I'm sure lulz will ensue.

Let's see if we can piss off a biased critic.

"Hi Jan,

Thanks for your prompt response to my comment.

This is a youtube video of you in an interview that has accumulated over 1 MILLION views on youtube. You've probably already seen it, but here it is if you haven't watched it yet:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7L2ukSJFgCM

In this video, you are arrogant, obnoxious, and so clearly biased that no one can take you seriously. You do damage to the anti-violence community's message. And I agree with whoever posted the video when they say, "Quentin simply destroys you."

Thank-you for considering my message,

The Real Jason Perry"

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She responds... and KILLS IT. Yes... she completely, utterly pwned the lulz. But I gotta post it, cuz there's a REALLY VALUABLE lesson (just so valuable since I'll be using this from now on)...

Jan Wahl to me

show details 4:49 PM (1 hour ago)

Jason..This was done many, many years ago. I hope in your life you never have such a terrible thing happen to you. This has caused me danger and heartbreak I hope you never know. So the entire school project thing was bogus?

So I apologized briefly, letting her know I felt bad, though I'm not gonna sit here and cry about it. You just don't fuck up on TV like that, and she's paying the price.

But I will walk away with a valuable lesson.

If a video has over 100,000 - 1,000,000 + views, /b/ has already unleashed it's wrath. (100K - 1M = the amount of views required for a production youtube video to be considered a "success" by the producing studio.)

This means several things.

-No need to post to /b/ at all if X is within that view count.

-No need to harass anyone who's within that view count... they are paying for it drastically.

-In general, anything popular or over 10,000 views (99.9% of everything you see) should just be left alone.

-Harassing other human beings... even if they deserve it... sucks. It's no better than complaining about shit and justifying your complaints... you'll just feel a lot worse afterwards even if you're right.

See what I'm sayin'? I DONT feel like I'm really in the wrong here... she WAS asking for it on public TV. I DO feel like this was stupid, lame, and a mistake. The only real reason that this wasn't a waste of my time, is that spending my time was worth the lessons it yielded.

I doubt she can say the same, that the price was worth the lesson. Now I feel bad for her.

A Metacritic > A Movie Critic

"...I believe that the era of the movie critic is over. Sites like Metacritic and Rotten Tomatoes are the best way to get a quick numerical rating without falling victim the indulgences of purposefully contrarian or idiocynratic reviewers such as Mick LaSalle or Jan Wahl. Going to the theatre is an increasingly expensive and cumbersome process and people are less willing to gamble their time and money based on the whims of a single reviewer..."

How did knights train horses to charge into a bunch or infantry or other cavalry and not be afraid?

How did knights train horses to charge into a bunch or infantry or other cavalry and not be afraid?

(origional article should be linked ^)

It’s hilarious because some people have a problem getting their horse into a transport when in the ancient ages they pulled chariots into battle and in the medieval ages knights used them to charge into battle all that with arrows flying everywhere and catapults going off and everything.

The same way anyone PROPERLY trains a horse to do anything. By gradually getting them used to something that’d normally spook them, make them get that it’s not something bad, and reward them. Over _2000_ years ago the ancient Greek cavalry leader Xenophon wrote the earliest book on horses and said, "The one great precept and practice in using a horse is this – never deal with him when you are in a fit of passion. When your horse shies at an object and is unwilling to go up to it, he should be shown that there is nothing fearful in it, least of all to a courageous horse like him; but if this fails, touch the object yourself that seems so dreadful to him, and lead him up to it with gentleness. Compulsion and blows inspire only the more fear; and when horses are at all hurt at such times, they think what they shied at is the cause of the hurt." Xenophon also credited an earlier horse expert named Simon, so he wasn’t the first person to come up with this kind of training.

Sure, there have also been people who beat the crap out of their horses and treat them like machines. Unfortunately, there’s always been a good number of brain-donors in the world. I’m only an intermediate rider, but don’t suggest a battle of wills with an often unpredictable half-ton animal unless you want a horse that IS afraid of his/her own shadow, waiting to pitch you into the dirt, crazy, just plain mean, or any combination of these.
FWIW, I’ve heard of people getting "difficult" horses onto trailers armed with nothing more than oats and a little patience.

These Insects Pretty Much Sum Up How I Feel About How The Economy Has Been Handled...

Has to be shared... too well done

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I wanna be able to do this some day

Goes with the comedy stuff:

Good with Technology?

If so, you'll like the technologically impaired duck:

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/technologically-impaired-duck

lol @ kanye

http://knowyourmeme.com/memes/kanye-interrupts-imma-let-you-finish

...plus...

Three Wolf Moon

Twilight: three wolf moon video to go here. For now, search on collegehumor.com (until they post it to youtube.)

I'm going to get an "International Citizenship"

I'm NOT kidding. I'm actually DEAD SERIOUS.

The idea is that you choose which country you think gives you the fairest deal... and you become a citizen of that country (even if you don't technically live there. Yes, this requires upfront money... but on an ethical and moral basis, I think it's the right thing to do.)


There's 2 sections to this page which represents my ideology:

1. Ethical / Moral JUSTIFICATION
2. Details of gaining an "International Citizenship"
   

Part 1: JUSTIFICATION

If someone you don't even know really fucked up... and they came up to you and said, "Please sir, can I have half of your money?"... what would you say?

Let's say you actually gave them your money... do you think there's a good chance they might just fuck it all up again... because they know they can just get someone to give them a bunch of money if they do?

Well, that's exactly why I would say "Sorry, but no. There's a good reason you have to earn your way, and you'll survive in the end".

Yet, if someone fucks up in America... which is supposedly not socialist... I end up paying for their food, their house, and now, their good health, too.

Nice.

How much of your income does the government need to provide all that? How much do income tax, sales tax, state taxes, local taxes, etc all add up to? 25% of your income? More?

What percentage of that is actually for your protection? (whether it be from telecallers, terrorists, or from huge corporations taking a crap on you for more profit)

Look -- I DO NOT buy into this re-distribution of wealth (via "stimulus bills" and "free health care") shit for one second. I believe you should have to earn your way, taking total responsibility for your own life. I do not believe in spoon feeding from the government. I think this is just a way for politicians to secretly pocket some of the money in the midst of ineffective bureaucracy.

It's just against what I believe to be ethically and morally right. It's your job to take care of yourself. Not my job. And if it were my job, what's to motivate you to ever grow passed basic necessity?

Once taxes pass the 25% mark, to me, that's clearly socialist. And as you can see, I'm anti-socialist. That's just not for me. And that's where I'm living. I can either deal with it and live feeling like I'm giving up my income so others can live lazily... or I can stop paying the system which supports those which fail (thus, supporting failure, and building a country on that principle), stop paying the corruption that is politics, and instead give myself at the very least, some options:

-Stop paying the % taxes that account for "free hand-outs" to others and risk getting nuked by the government.

-Pay taxes to another country in which I find the tax % to be more agreeable (less perfect, but far less risky. And in the end, I'm all about happiness... I wouldn't be happy knowing the government could nuke me for not giving them 100% of what they ask for.)

Part 2: International Citizenship

So what is it and how does it work?

Instead of "you live here, you pay the taxes here", you get to live anywhere you want and pay the taxes of the government you most agree with (instead of 1 government to support, you get over 100 to choose from.)

Cheating? Maybe. But it seems a lot better to not have to give up everything you love just because you can't stand the people who own your land and you aren't willing to pay increasing demands in which you get nothing back.

And in this post-internet world, you don't have to. You can legitimately pay taxes to the government of your choice while living in the land of your choice. It does cost time, money, and convenience... and the price isn't low... but it might be a lot better than the alternative.

Here's how I'M going to do it. There might be cheaper, better ways... and if you find one, let me know... but here's how it works from my viewpoint.

You choose a country.

You "move" there (meaning, you buy yourself a one way ticket, get yourself a permanent home, and announce to all authorities that you are now a resident and wannabe-citizen of this new country.)

You "take a vacation" back (meaning, you buy yourself a "vacation home" in the land of your choice and pay and act as if you were from the other country visiting. There is technically no limit to how long you can spend on vacation.)

You pay taxes to the country in which you have chosen to become a citizen, you pay your rent in that country, you pay a higher price to get anything here as a "non-resident", and it ends up being pretty impractical and expensive. Especially if you've gotta fly back and forth every once in a while.

But, if the USA fucks up the economy and needs 50% of your money to fix their problems... and the value of the US dollar goes out the window and everything turns to shit while still demanding half your money... it might very well be worth it... especially if you get your income from the internet and have a good amount of money (with a job on the internet, I make FAR more money getting paid in Euros than in a 3rd world currency.)

So if you consider that I want to have a lot of money from my job on the internet... and that I disagree with our government... and that I love this land to death and would never want to live in a foreign country over my homeland... then you can see why this is the direction I'm headed in.

United Socialist States of America

I'm committed to not thinking about political news but it just got the best of me for the last 30 minutes.

So here's my commitment to getting back on track... I'll say this and be done with it. No masterminding this one. This is for documentation.

I believe the government's job is to protect us (even if that means thousands of laws including provisions to stop advertisers from filling our mailboxes and to prevent big companies from shiting on their employees.)

I DO NOT buy into this re-distribution of wealth (via "stimulus bills" and "free health care") shit for one second. I believe you should have to earn your way, taking total responsibility for your own life. NO spoon feeding from the government. This wasn't the vision of the founding fathers in the slightest!

-Politics and relationships are to be kept separate. I need to remember this. Only time they should overlap in when I'm starting to think of leaving the USSA and my friends are supporting the socialist movement... if I'm actually getting ready to leave... fuck them. We're not going to have a hunky dory relationship if you're not considering the fact that it's people like you driving people like me out of the country. With that said, I will probably never leave the USSA... I will just find more and more ways around paying taxes.

The Physics of Judgement Day

by Dr. Mohammed HumaYoun Khan

JAMES' NOTE: FINALLY Something Religious That Makes Sense. If you see your whole life played backwards before you and someone clearly comes from another dimension to "lead you to higher planes"... follow THAT person, don't hang behind (if you'd like to keep on existing...)

"When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then, indeed be raised again?"
Al Quran Sura 37 verse l6

We did not will ourselves into existence nor do we accept death willingly. Life seems almost endless especially when things are going well. As we rush through our daily business we hardly notice the irony, that all this must eventually end.

All major religions of the world ascribe to some form of belief in life after death. The Day of judgment is one of the fundamental beliefs of the Muslims, Christians, and Jews. Hindus also have their almost endless reincarnations followed by the final reunion with the supreme being.

Even if we believe firmly in "The day of Judgment," anything that can enhance our belief is highly desirable. In this context let us look at the story of Prophet Ibrahim (peace be on him) given in the Quran. (Sura ii verse 260). Prophet Ibrahim wanted to know how Allah gives life to the dead. He said that he believed that it is the truth but he would like to have some reassurance. Allah then showed him a miracle. If a great prophet like Ibrahim could wish for reassurance then surely simple folks like us are in need of a lot more.

This is especially true in the present day world where many beliefs have been demolished by advances in science. Fortunately for the Muslims, scientific advancements have explained many of the obscure verses in the Quran and have given new meaning to others. Quran, because of this, stands raised far above other religious books in its authority as a truly revealed book.

There is only one version of the Quran. It is the only religious book that even the critics of Islam admit was never altered since its revelation to Prophet Mohammed (Pbuh) fourteen hundred years ago. There are many verses in the Quran that describe scientific facts that were discovered only in the last one hundred years. There is consistency in its description of various phenomenon. The verses accurately describe ideas that are in agreement with modern observations about the universe. According to the Quran, life originated in w ater and was created in numerous stages. There is mention of the orbits of sun and moon and possibility of numerous other worlds like the earth. There is also the impression of higher dimensions. The paradise and hell appear to be beyond this universe in some other dimension.

In this article, I would like to propose that even at the present time with our limited knowledge, there are remarkable similarities between some theories of cosmology and the day of judgment described in the Quran. I believe in the future, science will reinforce these predictions. However this is not the only way the day of judgment could come and indeed the real knowledge is with Allah only.

In the name of Allah The Beneficent,The Merciful Man thinks that We shall not assemble his bones Yes Truly! Yes, We are able to resfore his very fingers! Sura 75 verses 3 & 4

INTRODUCTION TO COSMOLOGY

To understand how the fiuture of the universe is linked to the day of judgment we will need to know some cosmology. We will in the next few pages learn, how the universe began, what it is like now and what are the future possibilities in store for us. Our solar system consists of earth and nine other planets that are moving in an orbit around a star we call the sun. The sun along with two hundred billion other stars, comprises our galaxy "The Milky Way," which is similar to "The Andromeda" galaxy, that is shown on the cover of this article. The galaxies are roughly shaped like a disc, with the stars moving in circular orbits at various distances around a large central mass.

THE LIGHT YEARS

The vastness of the universe requires, that the distances be measured in "Light years." Light year is the distance, traveled by light, in a year, at the speed of three hundred thousand kilometers per second. The distance from the earth to the sun is eight minutes at the speed of light. Compared to this the nearest star from earth other than our sun is four light years away. Our galaxy, "The Milky Way," is one hundred and fifty thousand light years across. This means that traveling at the speed of light, it will take one hundred and fifty thousand years to go from one side of it to the other. Average separation of the galaxies is about ten million light years. Many hundred billion such galaxies are part of the truly gigantic universe.

The creation of the heavens and the earth is definitely greater thing than the creation of mankind, but most of mankind knows not. Sura 40 verse 57.

THE RECEDING GALAXIES

When the light that is coming from galaxies other than our "Milky Way," is analyzed, using an instrument called the spectroscope, we find that they are moving away from us at tremendous speeds. The more distant a galaxy is the greater is its speed of recession. This motion of the galaxies is due to the expansion of the universe. The universe began in a tremendous explosion called "The big bang" and is expanding since then. The universe is not just a sphere of galaxies rushing away from each other into unending emptiness of space. It is like a balloon with many dots on it, each representing a galaxy. The surface of this balloon, that is two dimensional, represents all the three dimensions of our space, and is expanding into a higher dimension, that is beyond our imagination.

THE FUTURE OF THE UNIVERSE

It is not known if the universe would expand for ever, or one day it uould start contracting. In either case the future of all the inhabitants of the universe would be rather bleak. If the expansion continues then aRer billions of years all the energy of the sun and the stars will be exhausted and every thing will die a cold death. After a while only expanding emptiness will remain. Alternatively if there is enough mass then the gravity will one day stop the expansion and the contraction will begin. A contracting universe will eventually end in a very hot and compressed state called "The Big Crunch." This will destroy all the life forrns as we know.

Besides the above two depressing and purposeless scenarios of the future there is a third possibility. Some physicists feel that time may reverse when the universe starts contracting. This possibility, has a striking resemblance to the Quranic description of the day of judgment.

Now, let us turn our attention to the evolution of the universe. We will learn how this leads to the end that coincides with another beginning, that we call the day of judgment. The uncanny agreement of cosmology with the Quranic revelation will become self evident

THE PHYSICS OF THE DAY OF JUDGMENT

For some, science has taken the place of the miracles in the twentieth centurys and religion is nothing more than an interesting cultural pastime. The commonly overlooked fact is, that it is God who has made the laws of the universe upon which science and technology is based.
Physicists and cosmologists all over the world, are working towards a better understanding of the structure of the universe. However to the misguided mind, the universe has a purposeless existence. It is a universe with random design and aimless laws. From the Islamic point of view, the universe has been created for a purpose and it will exist till its purpose is fulfilled; then it will cease to exist.

There are numerous scientifically accurate facts in the Quran that was revealed fourteen hundred years ago. This is nothing other than a miracle for the believers. The scientific truths described in the Quran were discovered only in the last one hundred years. Maurice Bucaille the author of "The Bible The Quran And Science," says "There is not a single scientific error in the Quran." It should not come to us as a surprise that in the present day world that is obsessed with science, the truth of the day of judgment may become apparent because of the scientific knowledge given in the Quran.

We shall show them our signs on the horizons and within themselves until it will become apparent to them that it is the Truth. Is your lord nor sufficient since He is witness over all things? Al-Quran Sura 41: verse 53

RESURRECTION: IS LIKE REVIVAL OF BARREN LAND

And Allah it is Who sends the winds and they raise a cloud; Then We lead it to a dead land and revive the earth after its death. Such is the Resurrection. Sura 35 verse 9.

Raising of clouds and growth of plants following rain are not miracles but are due to various laws of physics and biochemistry. The Quranic verses suggest that revival aRer death is also based on some physical laws, that we are not aware of as yet. We believe that Allah is the creator of all the laws of the universe.

THE BIG BANG

The universe came into existence billions of years ago in a tremendous explosion called"The big bang." This is mentioned in the Quran in the follosing verses: have not "those who disbelieve " known that heavens and earth were of one piece and We parted them and We made every living thing of water. Will they not then believe? Sura 21 verse30

The discovery of "The Big Bang" and of "The aquatic origin of life" was made by the non Muslims, ("those who disbelieve"). In the beginning all the matter and space (heavens) were at one point (one piece). Then every thing was separated in what the physicists describe as "The big bang." The evidence for "The big bang" is so overwhelming that it is now considered a fact and not a theory.

THE EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE

The Universe has been expanding since its creation. This great discovery was made by Hubble, an astronomer, in the early part of this century. It was also predicted by the Einstein's theory of "General Relativity." The expansion of the universe is clearly mentioned in the following Quranic verses:

The heavens we have built with power and We are expanding it. Sura 51 verse 7

THE CONTRACTION OF THE UNIVERSE AND REVERSAL OF TIME

Time is one of the most elusive mysteries of the universe. No one knows what time really is. Albert Einstein said that time is the thing that we measure with the clock. Time passes slowly at high speeds and stops- altogether at the speed of light. Time has a direction, it always moves towards the filture. We see rain falling from the sky, objects breaking up, people getting older, and people dying. We never see a glass getting unbroken or any one coming back from the dead. Physicists like Michael BerTy, Thomas Gold, and Steven Hawking have proposed that-time may reverse then the universe starts contracting. Verses in the Quran suggest that one day the universe will start contracting and then the day of judgment will begin.

The day when We shall roll up the heavens as a recorder rolls up a written scroll. As We began the first creation, We shall repeat it. Sura 21 verse 104

In the above verses the contraction of the universe is compared to the closing of a scroll. That is when time may reverse. Reversal of time will cause man to rise back from his grave and again become alive. Every event will happen again as every thing, is recorded in time.

This book pronounces agains you with truth. We have caused (all) you did to be recorded. (in time). Sura 5 verse 29

And there is nothing hidden in the heavens or the earth but it is a clear record ( in time) Sura 27 verse 75.

As the history of earth runs backwards, nations will retum one after another. All the good and evil deeds of the individual as well as the nations will become completely apparent as the time runs backwards.

(time reversal)
And you will see each nation crouching each nation called to its record. (In time). And it will be said to them: This day you are repaid for what you used to do. Sura 45 verse 28

Playing back of time will make people see what they had done before. They will have no control over their hands, feet, mouths, and eyes. All the wrong and right things that were done before will be repeated by them again. In this sense the hands, feet, etc., will become witness against them in front of all the angels and Allah. They will not be able to deny any of their wrong doings.

(time reversal)
On the day when the their tongues and their hands ond their feet testify against them as to what they used to do. Sura 24: Verse 24

We warn you of doom at hand. A day when a man will look on that his own hand has sent before, and desbelievers will cry "Would that we were dust" Sura 78 verse 40

(Prophets will be returned into their time as time runs backwards) And the messengers are brought into their time appointed. Sura 77 verse 11

NO FREE WlLL IN THE CONTRACTING UNIVERSE

Man is given free will to choose between right and wrong in the expanding universe. That is when all his deeds are recorded in time. In the contracting universe there will be no free will, and no one will have power to harrn or do good to others.

A day when no soul has power at all over any other soul. The absolute command on that day is Allah's. Sura 82 verse 19.

REVERSAL OF GRAVITY

Gravity is due to minute differences in time at different heights. Time passes at slightly faster rate at the top of a mountain as compared to sea level. This difference in time although imperceptible to us, can be measured with the aid of atomic clocks. If time reverses in the contracting phase of the universe then this time difference will also reverse. This will cause the gravity to reverse producing an earth quake of a magnitude never seen before.

: 1 When earth is shaken with her final earthquake Sura 99: Earthquake (Gravity reversal)

When the trumpet is blown one blast. And the earth with the mountains shall be lifted and crushed with one crash. Sura 69 (Reversal of gravity) Verse 13-14

(Breaking up of mountains, throwing out of molten lava) When the sky will be like molten copper and hills will be like flakes of wool. Sura 70 verse 8

Despite reversal of gravity, mass of the earth will not disperse completely, as reversal of time will constantly direct all the matter to return to its previous position.

EARTH: "EMPTY FROM INSIDE"

The reversal of gravity will cause the earth to throw out all of its insides to become a gigantic empty ball.

And when earth is spread out. And cast out all that was in her and is "empty". Al-Quran: Sura 84 verses 3-4

THE CENTER SKY IN THE HOLLOW EARTH.

As reversal of gravity changx the eath into a hollow structure, sky or heaven will also ch~ so that it will be in the center of the hollow earth.

On the day when the earth will be changed to other than this earth, and the heavens also. And they will come forth unto Allah, The One The Almighty. Al-Quran:Sura 14 verse 48

The following verses describe the day of judgment in a comprehensive manner. The day of judgment will start with the final earthquake as the gravity reverses. The reversal of gravity will cause the earth to throw out all that was inside it to become completely empty. The people will come back alive one after another, (in scattered groups) inside this hollow earth that will have sky towards its center. The history of nations will be played back as time passes backwards. Nations as well as people will then see what they had done before, and they will be judged accordingly.

1. When earth is shaken with her final earthquake.
2. And earth yields its burdens. (From within)
3. And man says what aileth her.
4. That day she will relate her chronicles..(History in time)
5. Because your Lord inspires her.
6. That day mankind will issue forth (from earth) in scattered groups to be shown their deeds. (As time runs backward)
Sura 99: Earthquake.

To an inquiring mind it may occur now that reversal of time will lead to resutrection from the grave and then we should get younger, go through our childhood and regress into nothingness in our mothers wombs. This is what the time reversal theories would have us believe; again a purposeless exercise. Well not quite so. The great earthquake is not to scare us, it is part of the phenomenon that will make the higher dimensions, the beyond, accessible. That is where, is hell and the gardens of Eden. In the next few pages we will see how precisely God has designed the universe. Not only life is recreated, arrangements have been made for it to escape the collapsing universe, into the worlds that exist in the higher dimensions.

THE HIGHER DIMENSIONS

Mathematically there are infinite number of dimensions. However we live in only a three dimensional space. Every object in our daily lives, has a length, width, and height. The concept of dimensions more than our three is impossible to imagine. Near the sun the gravity is more intense and an extra curvature in the space in a higher dimension is present. This was first taken into account by Einstein to accurately calculate the orbit of the inner planet, Mercury.

There was a time when people believed that the earth is flat. They were afraid of the possibility of falling off the earth if they traveled too far. This cannot happen because the surface of the earth is curved and continuous like that of a ball. To get off the earth we just need to move in a dimension (direction) that is perpendicular to the surface. That is straight up, from any where we are.

We face a similar conceptual problem in understanding the higher dimensions. We may imagine that we can leave the universe only by traveling very far, and that is not true. Even if we travel billions of miles, we will still remain within the confines of our three dimensional space.

And we know that we cannot escape from Allah in the earth, nor can we escape by flight.Sura 72 verse 12

The only way to go beyond the universe is by moving into a higher dimension in a direction that is perpendicular to our three dimensional space, from right where we are. However that is also not possible as our space is not continuous with the higher dimensions. For that to occur, our space will have to be literally torn apart first and then get connected to the higher dimensions. This may happen only in the center of the black holes.

And heaven is opened and becomes as gates. Sura 78 verse 19

THE BLACK HOLES

The opening of gates in the sky is a concept similar to that of black holes. Such openings can be the gate ways to beyond the universe through the higher dimensions. Massive stars that collapse inward under their own weight can form the black holes. Gravity in such objects is so strong that even light cannot escape and they become completely invisible. Hence the name black holes. Physicists believe that space time may be ripped apart in the black holes, producing gateways to beyond this universe. SQwever th~ mas of the black holes also obstructs the opening it is supposed to produce.

In the contracting universe this problem will not exist. The reversal of gravity in the contracting phase will change all the heavenly bodies into massive hollow structures leaving ernpty skies towards the center, where even the reversed gravity of relatively lighter objects like earth, will have a run away effect. Thus the fabric of space time will be torn apart, forming portals or gateways to the higher dimensions in the center sky of the hollow earth.

And the heavens will split asunder For that day it will be frail. Sura 69 verse 16

ANGELS DESCEND THROUGH THE PORTALS IN THE CENTER SKY, NO ONE WILL BE LEFT BEHINDA day when the heavens and the clouds will be rent asunder and the angels will be sent down a grand descent .Sura 25 verse 25

And think of the day when We remove the hills and you see the earth emerging and we gather them together So as to leave not one of them behind. Sura l8 verse47

The collapsing universe will be ultimately destroyed in a fireball which physicists call the "Big Crunch." Every one will be gathered. Any one remaining behind will regress to nothingness, because the time will be running backwards. The gathering and removal of humans to "The beyond " would probably be accomplished by the angels of "the grand descent."

In our final journey through the gates that will open in the center sky we would go across many planes or dimensions. The word "ride" is used in the Quran as if this journey will be accomplished by riding on "something."

That you shall "ride" on from plane to plane. Sura 84 verse 19

WHEN WILL THE DAY OF JUDGMENT ARRIVE?

Men ask you of the Hour. Say the knowledge of it is with Allah only. What can convey to you it may be that the Hour is Near. Sura 33 verse 63

They bid you to hasten on the doom And if a term had not been appointed, the doom would have deSnitely come on them. And it will come upon them suddenly when they perceive not. Sura 29 verse 53

Superficially it seems that if we knew the rate at which the expansion of the universe is slowing down then we should be able to predict when the day of judgment will begin. However if time is related to the expansion of space, then we cannot observe the slowing of the expansion. This would be like trying to measure the speed of a car with a clock that is connected to its wheels. As the car slows down the clock will also slow down and speed would always appear the same.

The threatened hour is near. None beside Allah can disclose it. Are you surprised then at this statement? Sura 53 verse 57,58,59

Even the most advanced civilization in the universe would always Observe that the universe is expanding at the same rate as it started with. This of course means that the day of judgment cannot be predicted by any one and may come at any time. Only God or the angels who are independent of our time will perceive the slowing of time in the universe as the day of judgment approaches. The concept of slowing of time and higher planes is implied in the following verses.

1. A questioner questioned concerning the doom to fall.
2. Upon the disbelieves, which none can repel.
3. From Allah, Lord of the Ascending Stairways.
4. As the angels and the Spirit ascend to Him in a day
The span of that is fifty thousand years.
Sura 70 verse 1-4
The Ascending Stairways. (Dimensions)

The ascending stairways imply many levels, planes or dimensions, and Allah is the Creator of all the dimensions. As the day of judgment approaches, an observation made from outside our universe will suggest, that our time has slowed down as compared to some standard time that exists beyond our universe. The above verses do not say that human beings will make this observation. The observation that one day on earth has become like fifty thousand years appears to be made by Allah as the angels come back to him.

WAITING IN THE GRAVE FOR THE DAY OF JUDGMENT TO ARRIVE?

In the Quran the soul is compared to consciousness and death is compared to sleep. Once death overcomes us there is no perception of passage of time and next thing we would see will be the Day of Judgment.

And agony of death comes in truth. This is what you wished to avoid. And the trumpet is blown.This is the threatened Day. Sura 50 verse 19-20

. And on The Day when the Hour arrives the guilty will swear that they remained (dead) butfor an hour, thus they were ever deceived. But to those to whom knowledge andfaith are given will say: "The truth is that you have remained (dead) until the Day of Resurrection By Allah 's decree. This is the Day of Resurrection, Butyou used not to know. Sura 30 verse 55-56

On that Day, when the real truth will become apparent to every one, those who disbelieved will be regretful and full of remorse. They would wish that they had never existed; but then, there would be no room for a second chance on the Day of judgment.

And to Allah belongs the Sovereignty of heavens and the earth On the Day when the Hour rises, Those who follow falsehood will be lost. Sura 45 verse 27

SUMMARY

With the tremendous scientific advancements of the twentieth century, we have placed our trust in science and technology to solve all our problems. Daaled by the ability of technology to give quick results, our faith in Allah has become weak. Our actions are for worldly goals although a stronger belief in God and accountability in afterlife would have made better people out of us. We can see the results of this in the moral decay that is afflicting many societies all over the world.

Allah has sent guidance to human beings according to the conditions existing at that moment in-history. When Pharaohs ruled, magic was a very popular past time. Then Moses (Peace be on him:Pbuh) came with miracles from Allah and defeated the magicians of the Pharaohs court. The people at the time of Jesus (Pbuh) were deep into miracle mongering, and we can see that life of Jesus (Pbuh) is full of miracles. When Mohammad (Pbuh) came, Arabic language and poetry was at the height of its development. Quran with its clear message was revealed in the most eloquent poetry with a unique unmatched style. Quran is a miracle and guidance for all times, therefore it is only appropriate to believe, that it may be the source of the most exciting discovery of the age of science. Science with help from Quran may discover, what religion has maintained all along, that rising from the grave is going to happen. There are many theories about the future of the universe. Despite a great deal of knowledge scientists are unable to decide which one of these is really correct. The belief that the universe has a purpose and the knowledge given in the Quran, may be the best guide in search for the truth. Hopefully Muslims will play a major role in any such future discoveries.

Many verses in the Quran describe the day of judgment. We live in a universe that is expanding since its creation billions of years ago. Both the birth of the universe in the "Big Bang" and its expansion are described in the Quran. Scientists do not know if the expansion of the universe will continue for ever or one day it will start contwacting. Qur!anic verses suggest that the universe will not expand for ever and that the day of judgment will begin with the contraction of the universe. Similar to some theories of cosmology it appears that time and gravity will reverse with the contraction of the universe. Reversal of time will bring about the resurrection from the graves. In this time reversed world we will see again all the good and evil that we did in our life. Reversal of gravity will change the structure of the earth so that it will be turned inside out and will transform into a giant hollow ball. This event is clearly described in the Quran in many verses. Reversal of gravity will be the cause of the final earthquake, mentioned in the Quran. The reversed gravity focused towards the earth's hollow center will have a runaway affect on space. The space in the center of the hollow earth will be literally torn apart to produce openings or gates to the higher dimensions that are beyond our universe. Through these openings we will be able to escape the collapsing universe. Every one will be taken away to escape the unrelenting effect of time reversal that could take us back to nothingness in our mothers wombs. In the higher dimensions we will face the judgment for our deeds and hell or heaven. From the Quran it appears that the timing of the day of judgment will be never known and it may come at any time. However again I would like to add that the real knowledge of the day ofthe day of judgment is with Allah only.

I hope this article would serve as a source of warning as well as encouragement for the believers. As for the non believers I hope this would become a starting point for further investigation into the world of Islam.

Disgusting Self-Indulgence of How I Made Such Massive Success (even though I'm not sure if I have yet)

What I Did...

Spent 2 years learning quality salesmanship skills.

Applied that training with the missing link: The MARKETING training from the 28-day business building blitz. Now having the knowledge required to be a master marketer and copywriter, I tore apart the best books written by insomnia experts and built my own system.

When it showed real potential and really started working, then I did the most important thing of all...

I started talking to my prospects 1-on-1, looking for what copy worked the best on them and what information they needed the most to make a good product.

I looked specifically for things I could use in the age-old AIDA formula of salesmanship: Attention, Interest, Desire, Action.

I had already tested headlines and starting copy that got their attention... but through talking to them one on one, I saw what got EVERYONE , what things insomniacs were most worried about and their reasons for really a cure, and then, talking to the first person who bought my book for an hour on the phone, I found out what was missing to get them to take .

After 2 months of talking to insomniacs 1-on-1 and testing my best items for AIDA, I took the system I had constructed to the next level and started making sales on the first few people that came by before I could even start up the advertising (on day 1, I officially had at least a 25% rate of tears [that's how moved the lady was, leading to the phone call mentioned above.])

Now it's time to start advertising...