LerrisofRecluse's New Writeupshttp://everything2.com/?node=New%20Writeups%20Atom%20Feed&foruser=LerrisofRecluse2003-05-19T23:07:37ZStarsiege (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/LerrisofRecluse/writeups/StarsiegeLerrisofReclusehttp://m.everything2.com/user/LerrisofRecluse2003-05-19T23:07:37Z2003-05-19T23:07:37Z<p>By <a href="/title/Dynamix">Dynamix</a> by <a href="/title/Sierra+Software">Sierra Software</a><p />
<p>Starsiege is an awesome game. Of course I <a href="/title/realize">realize</a> that now, but I didn't have a clue as to what it would be like when I walked into the <a href="/title/video+game">video game</a> section of <a href="/title/Fred+Meyer">Fred Meyers</a> on a...Sunday afternoon (Methinks) so long ago. It looked good enough. It had nice colors, beautiful shapes, and firm <a href="/title/breasts">breasts</a>...Oh wait, that was the junior from NHS behind the counter. (Don't worry- I got to check out her box a little later...I'll node more about that when <a href="/title/I%2527m">you're</a> older. Anyway Starsiege looked good enough. It had several <a href="/title/prestigious">prestigious</a> awards/claims on the box.<p />
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<li><u>REVIEWERS CHOICE AWARD</u>-from <a href="/title/Gamepost">Gamepost</a></li>
<li><u>EDITOR'S CHOICE AWARD</u>-from <a href="/title/Computer+Gaming+World">Computer Gaming World</a></li>
<li><u>FIVE OUT OF FIVE "X'S"</u>-from <a href="/title/CNet">CNet</a>'s <a href="/title/Gamecenter.com">Gamecenter.com</a></li>
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<p>It also had many, many good review on the back including several from <a href="/title/PC+Gamer">PC Gamer</a>, <a href="/title/Computer+Life+Online">Computer Life Online</a>, <a href="/title/Gamepower">Gamepower</a>, and <a href="/title/The+Voodoo+Review">The Voodoo Review</a>. The box was a startling<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…May 19, 2003 (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/LerrisofRecluse/writeups/May+19%252C+2003LerrisofReclusehttp://m.everything2.com/user/LerrisofRecluse2003-05-19T04:15:11Z2003-05-19T04:15:11Z<p><h2><b>Suicide is <a href="/title/shit">shit</a>. Don't do it!</b></h2><p />
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<p><i>This is <a href="/title/fucking">fucking</a> <a href="/title/weird">weird</a>. I want to ask people for advice but I don't. I don't truly believe that they will understand how I feel, and so I get no advice from "real people." Instead of asking my peers, I am forced to ask biased and "un-relatable" people, such as my parents. They've lived through the same phase as I have but they still don't know things like I do. I don't believe that this is possible, that my parents, teachers, counselors, etc... can't understand that they haven't had ALL of the same experiences that I have had.<!-- close inline tag into block --></i><p />
<p><i><!-- reopen inline tag after block -->It just amazes me that this simple fact is so hard to accept, and that this idea, so very easy to grasp, is so very hard to grasp. I realize that that may make no sense, but think about it and you'll see what I say. It will make sense to you too.<!-- close inline tag into block --></i><p />
<p><i><!-- reopen inline tag after block -->At the same time, though, I must give them credit for trying to do so. They really do try to understand what I am saying, or so I<!-- close unclosed tag --></i><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></ul><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Alternative medicine (idea)http://m.everything2.com/user/LerrisofRecluse/writeups/Alternative+medicineLerrisofReclusehttp://m.everything2.com/user/LerrisofRecluse2003-05-17T04:07:45Z2003-05-17T04:07:45Z<p><b><!-- close inline tag into block --></b><h2><b><!-- reopen inline tag after block --><u>Alternative <a href="/title/medicine">medicine</a> and funding thereof-<!-- close inline tag into block --></u><!-- close inline tag into block --></b></h2><b><u><!-- reopen inline tag after block --><!-- reopen inline tag after block --><!-- close mismatched tag --></u></b><p />
<p>One of the oldest “<a href="/title/traditions">traditions</a>” or <a href="/title/practices">practices</a> in the world is now what is referred to alternative medicine. Although much of those practices are not <a href="/title/mainstream">mainstream</a>, they are far from alternative. They have, however, been getting more and more <a href="/title/negative">negative</a> feedback from the <a href="/title/doctors">doctors</a> and medicine heads and more and more use and <a href="/title/support">support</a> from the <a href="/title/patients">patients</a>. Many doctors use <a href="/title/acupuncture">acupuncture</a>, <a href="/title/homeopathy">homeopathy</a>, or <a href="/title/herbal">herbal</a> medicine in their practices today. But shouldn’t <a href="/title/insurance+companies">insurance companies</a> cover alternative medicine as a <a href="/title/viable">viable</a> alternative to mainstream medicine? <u>Yes!</u> We are being denied these because the insurance companies know that Alt. Medicine can be as effective as “normal” medicine, but reduce the cost to us and the income to the insurance companies. Effective and much more cost-reducing methods are being hidden for their <a href="/title/benefits">benefits</a>. Alternative, or natural medicine, while not mainstream, is often as successful as<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Technology inspired by science fiction (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/LerrisofRecluse/writeups/Technology+inspired+by+science+fictionLerrisofReclusehttp://m.everything2.com/user/LerrisofRecluse2003-05-17T00:32:21Z2003-05-17T00:32:21Z<p><h2><u><a href="/title/Cyborg">Cyborg</a> or <a href="/title/Human">Human</a>/<a href="/title/Machine">Machine</a> <a href="/title/hybrid">hybrid</a> <a href="/title/technology">technology</a><!-- close inline tag into block --></u></h2><p /><u><!-- reopen inline tag after block --></u>
<p><ul>“I am Locutus; of borg.”</ul><br />
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<br>Perhaps one of the most <a href="/title/famous">famous</a> lines in the <a href="/title/Star+Trek">Star Trek</a> shows and in the sci-fi genre, the comment above portrays Captain <a href="/title/Jean+Luc+Picard">Jean Luc Picard</a> (<a href="/title/Patrick+Stewart">Patrick Stewart</a>) of the <a href="/title/Starship+Enterprise">Starship Enterprise</a> as having been taken over by the multi-manned but single-minded collective of <a href="/title/the+borg">the borg</a>, a <a href="/title/race">race</a> that is controlled by technology, and who’s very existence relies on that technology. The race is feared and hated throughout the Star Trek <a href="/title/universe">universe</a> for the fact that it enters an area, uses it’s technology to “<a href="/title/assimilate">assimilate</a>” or transform and take over the beings in the area, and then moves on. The Borg portray the darker side of what are potentially thought of as <a href="/title/Cyborg">Cyborg</a> technology, or Human/Machine hybrid beings.<p />
<p>But there are people in our very day and age that fit that definition of humans using technology to enhance ourselves. A good example of that is portrayed in an<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…bar mitzvah (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/LerrisofRecluse/writeups/bar+mitzvahLerrisofReclusehttp://m.everything2.com/user/LerrisofRecluse2003-02-10T19:14:14Z2003-02-10T19:14:14Z<p><h2>A Bar Mitzvah</h2><p />
<p>A Bar Mitzvah is, quite simply, the name for the <a href="/title/ceremony">ceremony</a> of the <a href="/title/passage">passage</a> into manhood. This is for <a href="/title/Jewish">Jewish</a> boys/men. This <a href="/title/ceremony">ceremony</a> is long and <a href="/title/arduous">arduous</a>, requiring many, many, many <a href="/title/tedious">tedious</a> steps, and "challenges."<p />
<p>"Bar Mitzvah" literally means "<a href="/title/son">son</a> of the <a href="/title/commandment">commandment</a>." <i>"Bar"</i> is "son" in <a href="/title/Aramaic">Aramaic</a>, which used to be the <a href="/title/vernacular">vernacular</a> of the <a href="/title/Jewish+people">Jewish people</a>. <i>"<a href="/title/Mitzvah">Mitzvah</a>"</i> is "commandment" in both <a href="/title/Hebrew">Hebrew</a> and <a href="/title/Aramaic">Aramaic</a>. "Bat" is <a href="/title/daughter">daughter</a> in <a href="/title/Hebrew">Hebrew</a> and <a href="/title/Aramaic">Aramaic</a>. (The <i><a href="/title/Ashkenazic">Ashkenazic</a></i> <a href="/title/pronunciation">pronunciation</a> is "bas") <p />
<p>This <a href="/title/ceremony">ceremony</a> is usually <a href="/title/perform">performed</a> around the ages of 12 or 13 years of <a href="/title/age">age</a>. During the years <a href="/title/precede">preceding</a> this "coming of age" <a href="/title/passage">passage</a>, a <a href="/title/kosher">kosher</a> <a href="/title/jewish">jewish</a> boy will probably spend many, many, <u>many</u> hours <a href="/title/reading">reading</a> the <i><a href="/title/Torah">Torah</a></i> and other <a href="/title/Hewbrew">Hewbrew</a> <a href="/title/texts">texts</a> so that he will have the <a href="/title/scripture">scripture</a> almost <a href="/title/memorize">memorized</a> when the time comes to read the <a href="/title/sacred">sacred</a> texts at the<!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…Eight Foot Llama: The ultimate gaming company (thing)http://m.everything2.com/user/LerrisofRecluse/writeups/Eight+Foot+Llama%253A+The+ultimate+gaming+companyLerrisofReclusehttp://m.everything2.com/user/LerrisofRecluse2003-02-08T03:57:22Z2003-02-08T03:57:22Z<p><big><big>Eight Foot Llama</big></big><p />
<p><i>It really does exist!!!!!!</i><p />
<p>I'm not <a href="/title/kidding">kidding</a> you peoples. You think that I just made this up on the spurr off the <a href="/title/moment">moment</a> but I didn't. Heres the <a href="/title/facts">facts</a>:<p />
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<li>Date of Start: 1999, <a href="/title/Exact">Exact</a> date unknown</li>
<li>Games: <a href="/title/Life+Links">Life Links</a>, <a href="/title/Who+stole+Ed%2527s+Pants%253F">Who stole Ed's Pants?</a>, <a href="/title/Piece+Pack">Piece Pack</a>, <a href="/title/Monkey+on+the+Moon">Monkey on the Moon</a></li></ul>
<p>Oh, so now you want some <a href="/title/information">information</a> about the <a href="/title/games">games</a>. Here goes:<p />
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<p><u><a href="/title/Life">Life</a> <a href="/title/Links">Links</a></u>:<p />
<li>This is an <a href="/title/easy-to-learn">easy-to-learn</a> <a href="/title/card+game">card game</a> that teaches kids 8 and up about the way <a href="/title/plants">plants</a> and <a href="/title/animals">animals</a> <a href="/title/depend">depend</a> on each other to <a href="/title/survive">survive</a>. Players must build webs of cards that fit together while <a href="/title/fending">fending</a> off both <a href="/title/human">human</a> and <a href="/title/natural">natural</a> threats to their <a href="/title/expanding">expanding</a> <a href="/title/ecosystem">ecosystems</a>. Different <a href="/title/versions">versions</a> of the game <a href="/title/allow">allow</a> for <a href="/title/team">team</a> play and <a href="/title/co-operative">co-operative</a> play, where players must work together to <a href="/title/succeed">succeed</a>. </li>
<li>LifeLinks includes 96 glossy cards with 80 <a href="/title/full-color">full-color</a> <a href="/title/photos">photos</a>, a <a href="/title/die">die</a>, and a <a href="/title/rules">rules</a><!-- close unclosed tag --></li><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></dl><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p><!-- close unclosed tag --></p>…