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tommcat327 wrote:

PHBeerman wrote:

tommcat327 wrote:i think jah left,who wants to argue with me now??
ann?no thats too easy

Where is that fingers smilie??? Tomm how's life in the land of Kerrys and Kennedys?

it sukks here.

this is not dueling banjo's........it's dueling idiots ........

aquaholic wrote:

tommcat327 wrote:

PHBeerman wrote:

tommcat327 wrote:i think jah left,who wants to argue with me now??
ann?no thats too easy

Where is that fingers smilie??? Tomm how's life in the land of Kerrys and Kennedys?

it sukks here.

this is not dueling banjo's........it's dueling idiots ........

WHY,DID YOU BRING A FRIEND?


NO WAIT,YOU DONT HAVE FRIENDS.

DID YOU SEE THAT JAH?I WAS JUST INSULTED(BY AN IDIOT) BUT I DID NOT GET UPSET ABOUT IT AND FREAK OUT.

Damn, I leave for the day and miss all the fun.

Jahfin wrote:

iuparrothead wrote:Jah- do you ever get tired of posting the same claims over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over and over again that you're misunderstood and that all your posts are taken out of context???

Because man, I'm tired of reading that you aren't defensive and hyper-sensitive... and that everyone's always picking on you.

You must not be paying very close attention because I have never accused anyone of picking on me. I have been misunderstood and I stand by that.

Okay, so I will then ask... do you ever get tired of accusing people of not paying attention to what you post!? Dude, of course I pay attention... you post the same damn thing all the time...it's not hard to pay attention when your posts are just worded slightly different each time... you're a broken record!

(just doing my part to keep the fun alive!)

Best known for his poems and short fiction, Edgar Allan Poe deserves more credit than any other writer for the transformation of the short story from anecdote to art. He virtually created the detective story and perfected the psychological thriller. He also produced some of the most influential literary criticism of his time--important theoretical statements on poetry and the short story--and has had a worldwide influence on literature.

Poe's parents were touring actors; both died before he was 3 years old, and he was taken into the home of John Allan, a prosperous merchant in Richmond, Va., and baptized Edgar Allan Poe. His childhood was uneventful, although he studied (1815-20) for 5 years in England. In 1826 he entered the University of Virginia but stayed for only a year. Although a good student, he ran up large gambling debts that Allan refused to pay. Allan prevented his return to the university and broke off Poe's engagement to Sarah Elmira Royster, his Richmond sweetheart. Lacking any means of support, Poe enlisted in the army. He had, however, already written and printed (at his own expense) his first book, Tamerlane and Other Poems (1827), verses written in the manner of Byron.

Temporarily reconciled, Allan secured Poe's release from the army and his appointment to West Point but refused to provide financial support. After 6 months Poe apparently contrived to be dismissed from West Point for disobedience of orders. His fellow cadets, however, contributed the funds for the publication of Poems by Edgar A. Poe...Second Edition (1831), actually a third edition--after Tamerlane and Al Aaraaf, Tamerlane, and Minor Poems (1829). This volume contained the famous To Helen and Israfel, poems that show the restraint and the calculated musical effects of language that were to characterize his poetry.

Poe next took up residence in Baltimore with his widowed aunt, Maria Clemm, and her daughter, Virginia, and turned to fiction as a way to support himself. In 1832 the Philadelphia Saturday Courier published five of his stories--all comic or satiric--and in 1833, MS. Found in a Bottle won a $50 prize given by the Baltimore Saturday Visitor. Poe, his aunt, and Virginia moved to Richmond in 1835, and he became editor of the Southern Literary Messenger and married Virginia, who was not yet 14 years old.

Poe published fiction, notably his most horrifying tale, Berenice, in the Messenger, but most of his contributions were serious, analytical, and critical reviews that earned him respect as a critic. He praised the young Dickens and a few other contemporaries but devoted most of his attention to devastating reviews of popular contemporary authors. His contributions undoubtedly increased the magazine's circulation, but they offended its owner, who also took exception to Poe's drinking. The January 1837 issue of the Messenger announced Poe's withdrawal as editor but also included the first installment of his long prose tale, The Narrative of Arthur Gordon Pym, five of his reviews, and two of his poems. This was to be the paradoxical pattern for Poe's career: success as an artist and editor but failure to satisfy his employers and to secure a livelihood.

First in New York City (1837), then in Philadelphia (1838-44), and again in New York (1844-49), Poe sought to establish himself as a force in literary journalism, but with only moderate success. He did succeed, however, in formulating influential literary theories and in demonstrating mastery of the forms he favored--highly musical poems and short prose narratives. Both forms, he argued, should aim at "a certain unique or single effect." His theory of short fiction is best exemplified in Ligeia (1838), the tale Poe considered his finest, and The Fall of the House of Usher (1839), which was to become one of his most famous stories. Whether or not Poe invented the short story, it is certain that he originated the novel of detection. Perhaps his best-known tale in this genre is The Gold Bug (1843), about a search for buried treasure. The Murders in the Rue Morgue (1841), The Mystery of Marie Rogêt (1842-1843), and The Purloined Letter (1844) are regarded as predecessors of the modern mystery, or detective, story. Among Poe's poetic output, about a dozen poems are remarkable for their flawless literary construction and for their haunting themes and meters. In The Raven (1845), for example, the narrator is overwhelmed by melancholy and omens of death. Poe's extraordinary manipulation of rhythm and sound is particularly evident in The Bells (1849), a poem that seems to echo with the chiming of metallic instruments, and The Sleeper (1831), which reproduces the state of drowsiness. Lenore (1831) and Annabel Lee (1849) are verse lamentations on the death of a beautiful young woman.

Many of Poe's tales are distinguished by the author's unique grotesque inventiveness in addition to his superb plot construction. Such stories include The Pit and the Pendulum (1842), a spine-tingling tale of cruelty and torture; The Tell-Tale Heart (1843), in which a maniacal murderer is subconsciously haunted into confessing his guilt; and The Cask of Amontillado (1846), an eerie tale of revenge.

Virginia's death in January 1847 was a heavy blow, but Poe continued to write and lecture. In the summer of 1849 he revisited Richmond, lectured, and was accepted anew by the fiancee he had lost in 1826. After his return north he was found unconscious on a Baltimore street. In a brief obituary the Baltimore Clipper reported that Poe had died of "congestion of the brain."

i agree

BATHSHEBA
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"It happened, late one afternoon, when David arose from his couch and was walking upon the roof of the king's house, that he saw from the roof a woman bathing; and the woman was very beautiful. And David sent and inquired about the woman. And one said, "Is not this Bathsheba, the daughter of Eliam, the wife of Uriah the Hittite?" So David sent messengers, and took her; and she came to him, and he lay with her .... And the woman conceived; and she sent and told David, "I am with child." (2 Samuel 11:2-5 RSV)
Of all of the troubles that King David faced during his lifetime, the incident of adultery with Bathsheba was the most grave. The unfaithful act was itself very serious, but then a murder was committed as part of an attempted cover up.

The Killing of Uriah

Bathsheba's husband was Uriah, a loyal soldier of the king. When attempts failed to make it appear that Uriah was the father of the child that his wife was expecting (2 Samuel 11:6-13), David resorted to making her a widow so that he could take her as his own wife. Incredibly, Uriah was even used to deliver his own death warrant:


"In the morning David wrote a letter to Joab, and sent it by the hand of Uriah. In the letter he wrote, "Set Uriah in the forefront of the hardest fighting, and then draw back from him, that he may be struck down, and die." And as Joab was besieging the city, he assigned Uriah to the place where he knew there were valiant men. And the men of the city came out and fought with Joab; and some of the servants of David among the people fell. Uriah the Hittite was slain also." (2 Samuel 11:14-17 RSV)
Everything Is Known To God

Although David, of all people, should have known that nothing is hidden from God (see Glass Houses), he apparently thought that he could get away with it. He didn't. Ironically, it was the then distant-future "son of David" Himself (see Rock Of Ages) that rebuked him:


"Thus says The Lord, the God of Israel, 'I anointed you king over Israel, and I delivered you out of the hand of Saul; and I gave you your master's house, and your master's wives into your bosom, and gave you the house of Israel and of Judah; and if this were too little, I would add to you as much more. Why have you despised the word of The Lord, to do what is evil in his sight? You have smitten Uriah the Hittite with the sword, and have taken his wife to be your wife, and have slain him with the sword of the Ammonites. Now therefore the sword shall never depart from your house, because you have despised Me, and have taken the wife of Uriah the Hittite to be your wife.'" (2 Samuel 12:7-10 RSV)
Forgiven - For Salvation's Sake

God forgave David, not only because David repented (2 Samuel 12:13), but moreover for the sake of the assigned role that The Chosen People were given in God's plan of salvation for all humans, all sinners.

David then married Bathsheba, but the child from the adulterous incident died (2 Samuel 12:14-19). Later, Bathsheba had another son, Solomon, who she helped to succeed David as king in place of Adonijah, the son of another of David's wives (1 Kings 1:5-53).

also very good,usefull information garry

Pardon me for being too hungover to read every post in this ridiculous thread, but let me see if I've got the jist:

1) Tom is still an useless, mean, a-hole.

2) Frank is still an illiterate redneck who can't tie his own shoes without a pop-up book instruction manual.

3) Larry still thinks it's funny when we make fun of him for being a NY lawyer cause he thinks we're just "joking" with him.

4) And Jahfin still needs to check into the self-esteem clinic so he will stop taking everything as a personal attack.

Did I get that about right?

nycparrothead wrote:Pardon me for being too hungover to read every post in this ridiculous thread, but let me see if I've got the jist:

1) Tom is still an useless, mean, a-hole.

2) Frank is still an illiterate redneck who can't tie his own shoes without a pop-up book instruction manual.

3) Larry still thinks it's funny when we make fun of him for being a NY lawyer cause he thinks we're just "joking" with him.

4) And Jahfin still needs to check into the self-esteem clinic so he will stop taking everything as a personal attack.

Did I get that about right?

yeah,that's about right.

nycparrothead wrote: 4) And Jahfin still needs to check into the self-esteem clinic so he will stop taking everything as a personal attack.

Did I get that about right?

You couldn't possibly be more wrong.

nycparrothead wrote:Pardon me for being too hungover to read every post in this ridiculous thread, but let me see if I've got the jist:

1) Tom is still an useless, mean, a-hole.

2) Frank is still an illiterate redneck who can't tie his own shoes without a pop-up book instruction manual.

3) Larry still thinks it's funny when we make fun of him for being a NY lawyer cause he thinks we're just "joking" with him.

4) And Jahfin still needs to check into the self-esteem clinic so he will stop taking everything as a personal attack.

Did I get that about right?

hey,are you allowed to call me an a-hole shane?i think that is grounds for being banned.........again

Jahfin wrote:

nycparrothead wrote: 4) And Jahfin still needs to check into the self-esteem clinic so he will stop taking everything as a personal attack.

Did I get that about right?

You couldn't possibly be more wrong.

i dont know jah,i bet out of the 4 people that dumba$$ shane just insulted you are the only one who cant take it as a joke and responds in an argumentative way

tommcat327 wrote:

Jahfin wrote:

nycparrothead wrote: 4) And Jahfin still needs to check into the self-esteem clinic so he will stop taking everything as a personal attack.

Did I get that about right?

You couldn't possibly be more wrong.

i dont know jah,i bet out of the 4 people that dumba$$ shane just insulted you are the only one who cant take it as a joke and responds in an argumentative way

yeah, and that is not an assumption, thats fact

Jahfin wrote:

nycparrothead wrote: 4) And Jahfin still needs to check into the self-esteem clinic so he will stop taking everything as a personal attack.

Did I get that about right?

You couldn't possibly be more wrong.

And you couldn't possibly be more dillusional!!!

Jahfin wrote:

nycparrothead wrote: 4) And Jahfin still needs to check into the self-esteem clinic so he will stop taking everything as a personal attack.

Did I get that about right?

You couldn't possibly be more right

OMG!!! Jahfin actually took a joke!!!! Hallelujah!!! He actually used a smiley / emoticon!!!! wow thats a first

too bad none of this was true

iuparrothead wrote:And you couldn't possibly be more dillusional!!!

And YOU couldn't possibly be any hotter!

nycparrothead wrote:

iuparrothead wrote:And you couldn't possibly be more dillusional!!!

And YOU couldn't possibly be any hotter!

and you couldnt possibly be a bigger jacka$$

tommcat327 wrote:

nycparrothead wrote:

iuparrothead wrote:And you couldn't possibly be more dillusional!!!

And YOU couldn't possibly be any hotter!

and you couldnt possibly be a bigger jacka$$

U R GAY.