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"the whole 'stone' thing"
The Hall of Statuary
The Medusa Realm
Studs in Stone
"flesh" is for people who enjoy TAKING rather than giving. I consider these people selfish, people who consider partaking of females and gratifying themselves, rather than thinking about what's best, long-term, for the female. Some of us are happier just knowing that the female exists, and we want her to continue to exist and be able to be herself without being forced to react to the world, rather than just fulfilling sick carnal sexual desires like MOST of the people in the world.
Here's something I wrote about it once to one of the statuephile message boards.
After years of wondering, I think I've figured it out.
But it's rather hard to explain.
I've been meaning to try to write it out in an essay form that actually make sense, but I'll try to sketch it out here.
For me, it's about glorification of the (female) human spirit. The spirit is a beautiful thing. It fascinates me. And as with other non-physical things, such as God, we can see it in the clearest and purest sense when we are NOT seeing evidence of it, but simply know that it's there.
What is a person? Look at a female. She's many things. She's every emotion she's ever felt, everything she's ever done, everything she has the POTENTIAL to do and feel and accomplish. She is every facial expression she has ever made, every time she's ever cried, everything she's ever seen, everything she's ever experienced. She is what she is, what she has been, and what she has the potenial to be.
But, look at what we have. People, who are so much more than what we see, are running around in bipedal bags of goop & blood & guts called a physical body. They're running to and fro and living hectic lives and chasing after their goals and dreams. The spirit guides the body, the spirit is reflected on the face of the body, and in the body's actions, and because of the interlink between the body and the spirit, it's hard to tell where the body ends and the spirit begins, or where the spirit ends, and the body begins. In this active state, it's hard to see someone as a complete person, a single person, a sum of all that they are. We see what she's doing now, but we don't know what she was doing yesterday, we see what sort of mood she's in, but we don't know the bredth of her mind. Being forced to interact with the world, she's not able to be her entire self. She's not able to spend all of her time just being happy of who she is, or on an even lower level, being happy JUST EXISTING.
I consider it wrong that women have to live this way. They should be able to be who they are, all of who they are. I consider actually being alive in an animate body to be the REAL bondage, the real captivity. It's sad that women must grow old, visit Wal-mart to purchase feminine hygeine products, pay taxes, etc. (but usually not in that order). By extending themselves into the world rather than into themselves, they're robbing both themselves and the world of their full potential. They are changing too fast to truly observe the beauty of their souls as it was meant to be observed.
Enter a way of quantifying the spirit. Quantifying isn't the word I'm looking for, because quantifying implies numbering, grading, or labeling. But I can't think of any better word no matter how hard I try. When a woman is turned to stone, she is no longer reacting to the world except within herself. Instead of DOING, she IS. She exists in a more pure form.
So why do I like turning women to stone? Simply because inside the statue exists the entirity of the woman. Her entire spirit, her entire mind, her entire potential, her entire being, exists within a single, static container. And that's the key. We see the statue. That is the body, one expression of her being. But I know that SHE is within the statue, in a state of completeness, free to be who she wants and think what she wants. And knowing this, I can truly see the beauty of her spirit. The world is a better place because a complete person exists within it. A person who is as free as any person in this physical world can ever be.
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Re:Counterpoint/complement to Northcutt BookHere's the right HTML link...
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Re:Petrification - Totally offtopic.
For most people, it's NOT a control issue. But no two people are the same. Some of us think it's SELFISH to partake of fleshy, mobile females, and think that the females would be happier and more content as immortal statues, able to engage in their intellectual and philosophical pursuits freely, without being forced to interact with the material world.
See these sites for more info.
The Hall of Statuary
The Medusa Realm
Studs in Stone -- See, we're not sexist
The alt.sex.fetish.robots homepage
The alt.sex.fetish.robots newsgroup
Statuephiles
Kimy's House of Living Mannequins
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We fixed that one here years agoIn the US, we have laws against raids against a publisher. They apply to cyberspace; we got that issue settled with the Neidorf and Steve Jackson Games cases.(I was an expert witness for Neidorf.) If this raid had happened in the US, a big countersuit would probably be successful. France has different rules, but no way is this company going to win exclusive rights to the name "Leonardo" in France.
There are about 30 trademarks of "Leonardo" as a single word in the US, including Mitsubishi (monitors) and Mentor Graphics (design software). Leonardo Finance is a latecomer, and the USPTO has initially rejected their trademark application.
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Geek Tarot
And of course the best way for a geek to read tarot is with a deck custom-built with him in mind.
My favorite cards:
Yes, these can be used just like real Tarot cards. Don't know how to use Tarot cards? I'd suggest starting with the alt.tarot FAQ, just like any good Internet junkie would.
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Re:What a load.
Sure, I've read most PK Dick and all the Bachman (King) books.
What I think you fail to realize is the "cyberpunk" movement was a rebirth in scifi literature. Gibson was the (perhaps unaware) spark. It was his works which brought fire to the minds of the other authors. This was something PKD nor King were able to achieve.
Have you read the archives of Cheap Truth, the newsletter of the then evolving "cyberpunk" movement? The culture, although now dead and discarded like a chrysalis browned and shrivled with age, speaks for itself.
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DELL Refund Page
I agree that people need to go directly to the Manufacturer.
I have a page set up specifically for Dell at
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Is the EULA valid?
Too true. The courts have always frowned on "contracts"
which have not actually been negotiated between the two parties involved.
It's been suggested that before you first boot Windows,
you take a pen and modify the agreement, then get it notarized.
That should have as good a chance of standing up in courts as the original EULA.
Of course, even better is to install any other OS and return Windows.
Sean at Dell said that the refund would be $199. -
DELL said YES - $199
On Friday, I called Dell. I spoke to Sean in customer service.
I asked if I could return Windows for a refund. He said YES!!.
I asked how much the refund would be. He said $199!!
Me thinks he's gonna lose his job. But it's been said!
I've transcibed the conversation at http://ibis.home.texas.net/dell.html. -
PDF format available for download
Here.. I converted the file to PDF 3.0 if anyone is interested. If you need it in 2.x e-mail me. It's only 50kb in 3.0 format.
http://lonestar.texas.net/~la ndrum/fuzz-revisited.pdf